Plastic is made from fossil fuels, contributing to greenhouse gasses that negatively impact climate change.  Plastic also becomes microplastics as it sits on our planet for hundreds of years.  The only way to improve is to do our best to avoid plastics. Look for recycled plastics or products that contain zero plastic.  There are many alternatives available if you just look.

From reading the news to product descriptions, you start seeing the term “carbon emissions” everywhere. So what does it mean? “Carbon” refers to carbon dioxide, sometimes just written as “CO2.” Carbon dioxide is a gas that is sometimes let into our atmosphere from our human activities (“emissions”). These gases can trap heat in the atmosphere and are called greenhouse gases.