Are you ready to be a plastic hero?

Find out if you have the knowledge it takes to save the world from plastic pollution.

You just brought your water bottle back to the supermarket and got 25 cents for it. This sure means it is going to be reused, right?

Bad news: a deposit of 25 cents is an almost sure sign that your bottle will not be reused. At least it is probably made of polyethylenterephthalat (PET) - so it's easy to recycle and may become another bottle.

Of course, after all it's worth 25 cents!

Nope, that would be too good to be true.

Only if it's made of PET.

It can be reused, but only 2-3 times.

You just threw your empty shampoo bottle into the recycling bin. Well done! What is your bottle most likely going to be like in its next life?

Your shampoo bottle was most likely made of polyethylene (PE). Most PE is downcycled - if it is recycled at all. That means that it ends up as inferior products - plastic foil, garbage bags, cable insulation.

Another shampoo bottle

Plastic foil

Fuel

A plastic chair

Time to buy a new shampoo! Which of the following ingredients indicate that there's microplastic in your shampoo?

Actually, all of those are microplastics used in cosmetics! And so are maaaany more ingredients.

Too complicated? Just check your products here: https://www.beatthemicrobead.org/

Dimethiconol

Methicone

Polyurethane

Siloxane

How much plastic waste do you produce in a year?

The average inhabitant of Germany produced 76 kg of plastic waste in 2021! Over 37 kg of that was just for packaging.

Roughly the weight of a baby elephant

A bit more than Jackie Chan's weight

25 kg

You could fill an olympic pool with a person's annual plastic waste

Which country has completely banned plastic bags?

In 2008, Rwanda passed its first law banning the manufacture, import, use, and sale of polyethylene bags. Since 2019, the country is trying to phase out the use of all single-use plastic. It seems that after all, change is possible!

Uruguay

Turkmenistan

Estonia

Rwanda

What can you do to fight the war against plastic pollution?

You've guessed it - all of it! Sometimes it's good to be reminded what little steps we can do to make an impact. Together, we can do this!

Bring your own food containers when you get takeout.

Re-use shopping bags.

Buy more bulk food and fewer packaged products.

Separate your garbage correctly.

Participate in or organize a forest clean-up near you.

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