Ever felt uprising guilt when you go on holiday from all the plastic bottles you have to buy because theres no tap water you can safely drink and the heat is overwhelmingly strong?
If so read this blog to find out the best ways to deal with these problems..
Packing …
Sun cream and after sun:
If its a holiday where it has to be 100ml or under for every liquid product in your bag and your going on a long holiday, get a bigger bottle when you get to your destination instead of using more plastic per each bottle you use cause you know you will need more then 100ml.
Beach and swimming equipment:
Remember to bring goggles, scuba mask and snorkel, sunglasses, flip flops etc… Because all these products are made out of plastic and material we need to be buying carefully instead of care-freely. As if you go on holiday without these things that you use every holiday and then realise there at home and buy a new one anyway we are wasting plastic all the time, so REMEBER what you need.
Random environment friendly essentials:
-Bring a water filter- bringing a water filter will make sure you don’t have to ever get a plastic water bottle as you can drink any water thanks to the water filter easy ways, here is a link to a cheap, 4 star rating BRITA Aluna water filter. But there our tons online so take your pick:
-eco water bottle- bringing this will be your saviour when going on long day trips and be your best friends water filter as you can bring the water filter on the go and put this into your water bottle making it easy as ever to drink fresh water without using plastic!!
Theres so many things that you need to think about carefully when packing so THINK DONT RUSH cause thats how all this guilt starts to build up.
Going out for dinner…
-If you can see around the tables everyones got a plastic straw ask for your drink without one.
-When asking for water ask for tap water or bring your water filter with you incase they have no tap water.
-Any fancy accessories on your drink ask to have it without.
Shopping …
When going out to shop buy from local friendly shops instead of fast-fashion brands such as zara,topshop,primark and many more.
Fast fashion is one of the biggest contributors to climate change, so don’t buy from big brands and also think ‘do i need it?’ before consuming things you don’t need (I know we are all guilty of this but try more often).
Bags: Ask for no bag at all and if you have to a paper one.
Going out for the day…
Think what do i need before leaving your accommodation.
Bring:
-Water equipment:filter,bottle and paper straws (if a definite need). -Swimming stuth: Sunglasses,swimming costume, towel,umberella,suncream,water bottle,snorkle stuth and a change of clothes. -Food equipment:Need money for food out or bring the food from your accommodation.
What to do: -Pick up rubbish and put it in a bin: Take rubbish out of the sea, beaches,roads and any places you see it as it is probably destroying habitats and even worse OUR world.
What not to do:
-Don’t get inflatables unless your planning to bring home and use more then once. -Don’t get snorkelling equipment (see if you can rent it or even if your accommodation has it you might be surprised). -Don’t buy loads of plastic water bottles that you will consume and never use again.
Theres so many things people don’t think about when enjoying your break but your break won’t be the same if you keep consuming plastic and other materials so easily. Your break won’t be the beautiful ocean it will be the disgusting ocean full of plastic which is already happening, make your next break beautiful not horrific.
Thankyou for reading, have a look at my other blog posts and feel free to comment or email me any questions, islawilliamss@yahoo.com
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