#BeatPlasticPollution: Housewives are sustainably reusing Plastic Bottles for their garden

World Environment Day is 5 June 2023 

 Focus on solutions to plastic pollution #BeatPlasticPollution campaign

This challenge target youth around the world - the next generation of consumers and change-makers - to show that sustainable living is easy, cool and fun.

Angolan housewives are sustainably reusing Plastic Bottles for their garden

Ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to our green world. 

We have developed this sustainable hybrid platform with the aim of educating people about preserving the environment and promoting the SDG 13. In this video, we’ll show you how Angolan  to turn the bottles into garden planters, hanging baskets, garden tools, or decorations. 

The most interesting factor is in the innocence of these women. Most of them reuse plastic bottles with no intention of protecting the environment. 90% of Angolan women do not even know what climate change is and the damage that plastics cause to the environment.

They reuse plastic bottles for their gardens, due to extreme poverty. Many of them don't have the money to buy original beautiful pots for their plants.

By reusing plastic bottles they save a lot of money for years to come.

Plastic bottles fill up landfills and harm the environment, so it’s great that women are trying to find a new use for them. While recycling is always a pheromonal option, upcycling the bottles is great, too!

There are so many ways to reuse plastic bottles that you’re sure to find some use for them in your garden. 

Whether recycling or repurposing, there are many ways to rid the environment of polluted garbage and use this waste in a productive manner.

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Solutions to plastic pollution  

Every year, over 400 million tons of plastic is produced worldwide – one third of which is used just once. Every day, the equivalent of over 2000 garbage trucks full of plastic is dumped into our oceans, rivers, and lakes. World Environment Day 2023 is a reminder that ending plastic pollution needs everyone. While consumer pressure plays a vital role, real action must also come from companies, investors, policymakers, and governments. Last year, the global community began negotiating a legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution. This is a promising first step, but we need all hands-on deck. A new report by the UN Environment Programme shows that we can reduce plastic pollution by 80 per cent by 2040 – if we act now to reuse, recycle, reorient, and diversify away from plastics.   

 

Plastic Bottles: Recycle or Repurpose?

Repurposing old and used objects is a great way to help clean up the environment. Repurposing adds creative flair to a garden and offers the satisfaction of doing your part for the environment.

Plastic bottles can be a nuisance. Piled in landfills, filling up garbage dumps, and littering the roads, these items like many other garbage items are tossed aside and allowed to pollute our environment.

Recycling is the process of converting disposed paper, plastic, and glass into reusable items to prevent waste, landfill buildup, and pollution. This process helps to cut down on the surplus production of new disposable items that often end up scattered about roadways and bodies of water, causing harmful impacts to wildlife and to the environment.

While recycling plays a huge role in the green movement, there are other ways to reduce pollution and garbage buildup. Here we will focus primarily on plastic bottles such as water bottles, soda bottles, and so on.

The first and most obvious option is to drastically reduce or eliminate the use of plastic bottles at all. Water filters that fit the faucet of kitchen sinks are becoming increasingly popular. These provide great tasting water without chemicals and small mineral particles. The use of water bottles can be eliminated by installing these and refilling a travel thermos to take on the go. If this isn’t an option, simply refilling a used water bottle a few times rather than throwing them away can reduce plastic litter.

While these are all considerable options, plastic bottles are a fantastic resource as planters in your garden.

Plastic bottles can be used to plant individual herbs. Place your seedlings in one of these bottles and allow a few to line your window sill in the kitchen. Make sure they get plenty of sunlight, and in time you will have a fresh store of herbs to use while cooking right in your own kitchen.

The challenge target youth around the world - the next generation of consumers and change-makers - to show that sustainable living is easy, cool and fun.