Author: Josie Jack

In the morning when I wake up, I take out my plastic retainers and brush my teeth with my plastic toothbrush. I shower with products in plastic bottles that contain plastic chemicals. I went to the kitchen, poured a bowl of cereal from a box containing a plastic inner lining, and poured milk from a plastic carton. Then I put on some clothes made mostly of polyester and polymix, which is 60% plastic, according to the UN Environment Programme, and put on my plastic trainers to head to the gym. Later, I feed my dog, scooping out dry food from…