Eliminating Single-Use Plastics
The average American uses up to 500 single-use plastic bags per year. Unfortunately, most of the bags that are put in the recycling bin aren’t recycled and end up in landfills. Dissolved plastic particles accumulate in oceans, float in the air, and contaminate our food supply. To solve our plastic waste crisis, we need to find reusable options that reduce the amount of plastic we produce and use. Today’s guest offers exactly that.
In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Andy Keller, CEO of ChicoBag and To-Go Ware and Champion of Reusable Plastic Alternatives. ChicoBag offers a number of reusable and easily storable tote shopping bags, while To-Go Ware produces reusable containers and utensils, like bamboo fork and knife sets and steel containers.
Following their mission of eliminating single-use plastics and being sustainable, ChicoBag is a certified B Corporation, they have set themselves Zero-Waste Goals and they pledge 1% of their revenue to environmental charities. To raise awareness on the detrimental effects of plastic usage, Andy even invented and occasionally dresses up as the “Bagmonster”, a costume made of 500 single-use plastic bags, the yearly consumption of an average American.
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Resources:
- Website: https://chicobag.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Chicobag/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChicoBag/