And that would 84,000 razors from just 100 women. And if I have tossed 840 razors in the trash in my lifetime that means 10 women together have tossed 8,400 plastic razors in the trash. I have never put 840 razors in a pile to see how much plastic waste that is, but I know it is more than it needs to be. One disposable razor lasts me about 2 weeks so every 2 weeks for 35 years equals 840 plastic razors that I have simply tossed in a trash can and added to a landfill. I have been using disposable razors for as long as I have been shaving…so approximately 35 years. I have switched all of my cleaning and laundry products to all natural chemical-free brands which is better for our own health but also much healthier for our water supply.Īs I have been making all of these tiny changes, one thing I had not thought about was disposable razors until Jennifer shared her August Favourites which included the Leaf Razor. I have stopped using disposable plastic straws in favor of stainless steel ones (although I do still have some plastic straws in my house that were purchased years ago). For example, I have been using cloth towels in place of paper towels for many of my clean up chores that I once relied solely on disposable paper towels for. But you can also substitute many of your disposable products for reusable ones instead. There are so many ways once can minimize their negative impact on the environment like recycling, upcycling, and reusing. I am not looking to completely rewire my whole way of living, I am simply challenging myself to find little ways that I can make more sustainable choices that will lead to big differences. We have been spoiled for quite a few generations with our modern day conveniences that it is difficult to give those conveniences up sometimes. But that help often comes in the form of minor inconveniences to us. So she needs our help and she needs it desperately. They are kind of out of her realm of expertise. But our manmade materials are really difficult for Mother Nature to deal with it. Just because you threw it away and forgot about it doesn’t mean that the environment gets to forget about it. It’s that forgetting about it part that has run us into so much trouble. We can buy something, use it until we are done, then toss in the trash and forget about it.
We have thrived on the conveniences of disposable everything…disposable diapers, disposable utensils, disposable plates and cups, disposable razors, disposable clothing.ĭisposable is easy. We buy and toss things so quickly, it shouldn’t be any wonder that our planet is so very unwell. We have truly become a throw away society. So I am always looking for ways to minimize my own negative impact on the environment. It is so excessive sometimes that it makes my soul ache. The older I get, the more aware I become of all of the unnecessary waste that we make as humans.
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