Student Tribune

Build Sustainability into Your Life - Avoid Disposable Items

Single-use items, designed to be thrown away after use fill our landfills. Plastic is often the most common material for single-use items.  90% of plastic single-use items are never recycled. Disposable plastic items don’t biodegrade, they just break into micro-particles that contaminate our environment.

• Buy a water bottle that you can refill
• Refuse the straw – just say ‘no straw’ please
• Use cloth napkins instead of paper
• Use silicone covers instead of plastic wrap

Penwarden, Ann
Sustainability Steering Committee
02/06/2023