Why not be an earth warrior? | How comfort and laziness are slowly killing the environment~

Sometimes the fact that we live in a time and age where mindlessly creating waste is a common encounter really gets to me. 

This isn't even about things like buying new clothes every season, the endless amount of plastic packagings of our toiletries or food going to waste in the fridge because we forgot about  it.

It is just about items that serve one purpose: being used one time and then thrown away. 

It is in the simple things: out of comfort we make our daily choices, oftentimes not even realizing when this actually means in the big picture: plastic cutlery is chosen over bringing one's own fork and knife from home for lunchtime, wet wipes replace washcloths because it is more convenient, a new plastic bag is purchased for groceries every single time instead of bringing a re-useable one in the first place, sample-packagings being handed out to people in the streets, coffee to go in a one-use mug every morning because who wants to bring a bulky mug int heir bag? - I could go on about this for ever! It truly breaks my heart.

Shockingly, about half of the plastic produced worldwide goes into single use items.

There are so many ways to avoid this kind of garbage, and all it takes is some effort. But sadly for quite many, this is already too much.
Beating our own laziness, getting out of the plastic castle that is our comfort zone and start making a difference! So many people want to be warriors nowadays, why not start out with being an earth warrior?

I am at a point where I am refusing single use items most of the time and getting creative when I don't  or can't (i.e. collecting the plastic bags I at some point got or bought in a drawer to re-use them as a garbage bag or to cover my desk when painting, etc.).

That being said, when I go grocery shopping and for some reason forgot my cotton bag, if I can somehow manage, I will even go as far as to carry my groceries home in my bare arms - it serves as a grand reminder to be more prepared next time.

~*What is an item you think you could go without to create less waste?*~