Remember the little seahorse hauling a Q-tip? When the photo swept through social media this summer it instantly became an emblematic image of the plastic waste suffocating our oceans. Experts say that if things don't change, by 2021 we will be facing an environmental crisis as serious as climate change. The solution lies with limiting our use of single-use plastics, however finding products that don't rely on some form of plastic can be challenging.
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Plastics are getting a bad rep these days. We recently heard that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the world's oceans than fish, and although some states in the US - and other countries - are banning the use of single-use plastics it seems the environment has reached a breaking point. And then there is the effect that plastics have on us. Research has shown that plastics previously deemed safe for food and beverage storage may be harmful to our health. If you walk into the grocery store chances are you will find more and more storage containers, kitchen utensils, even some appliances that are made from silicone. But what is silicone really, and why is it becoming so popular?
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Due to the explosion of the bottled water industry, which now rakes in over $100 billion annually worldwide, it’s hard to remember a time when if you wanted water all you would have to do is walk over to a faucet or filtered pitcher and fill a glass up or stop by a drinking fountain to get a sip.
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