Welcoming 2018!

New year resolution are difficult to keep on to but this year mine is easy. Last year I saw a seal having straws in their nose. I am aware that I am partial to blame that a lot of plastic that I produce also ends up in the sea. So I immediately searched for new metal reusable straws. The small metal ones look awfully difficult to clean and with other drinks like bubble tea it's not useable.

The big straws are going to be my new buying item but my new year resolution is so much easier and should have so much more impact on the environment and my spending. Why would it effect my spending, in the past few years I bought more bottle water when I forgot to bring my own.

In short, I already have made it a custom to almost always take my own bottle of water with me or hot bottle. But whenever I drink out I see that almost every time I get a single use cup while I have my own thermos flask.

I have in total 3 plastic bottle for just water, the thing with these bottle is it doesn't always have to be  filled to the top. Most of the time if you go shopping you don't want to fill it to the rim because you will cary extra weight for nothing. Just fill it one third or half. That's more than enough to get you hydrate when necessary. I have two thermos cup, the long one isn't easy to use if I ask for my coffee to put into it because it won't fit on the stand but my smaller one, on the left can easily be used in any kind of shop.

Also if you're planning to sit in for example a coffee corner ask if it can be served in a ceramic cup instead of the one time usage.

Using less single use cups and bottles is my 2018 resolution.