As an environmental science major, it's hard to ignore all of the stress we put on our ecosystems with waste. Recently, I have genuinely started to focus on the before and after life of products I purchase. I started asking myself questions. For example: Where do these materials come from? How are they distributed? How is the waste processed? How does this impact the environment? Many systems are involved in obtaining goods for our use and it's easy to forget that. One of my new long term goals is to research products before I purchase them. The second is to try and steer clear of plastics (which honestly seems next to impossible).The change may appear to be insignificant but I feel as though the small changes I make in reducing my carbon footprint and using less plastic will leave the world a little less polluted. So onward I go to continue my (almost) zero waste mission!
