I recently purchased oats from the bulk section of my grocery store. I filled a plain brown paper lunch bag rather than using a plastic container, which I can reuse the next time I need to purchase oats. This also avoided the hybrid (mixed-material) packaging that most oat/oatmeal canisters are made of.

Today I watched a video by YouTuber "Shelbizleee" regarding sustainable fashion and the concept of clothing "recycling." Many fast fashion brands will greenwash consumers into thinking the company is sustainable because they offer clothing "recycling;" however, it is estimated that 11.3 million tons of textiles are still landfilled every year. Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVLTwMStbAM.

Even though it can be difficult to entirely avoid plastic when it comes to food packaging, we can still make an impact by transporting individual servings in reusable containers rather than using single-use plastic containers or bags.

One of my pet peeves is plastic snack bags. Instead I try my best to stick with reusable storage containers.

The thing that I struggle with the most is plastic used in food packaging. Though I try to avoid convenience foods as much as possible, plastic is also heavily used to package frozen and shelf-stable meal-prep staples.