![Avoid plastic, fill your glass or metal bottles with water or other liquid](https://health4earth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/022.jpg?w=225&h=300)
![Bring you own bag](https://health4earth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/026.jpg?w=150&h=113)
Enjoy this video, as an individual makes a statement on our consumerism. Each American(USA) consumes 4 1/2 pounds of trash a day. As I shop at grocery stores and Menards, I am overwhelmed by the amount of packaging and waste that goes into our purchases.
What can you do to reduce that 4 1/2 pounds a day? I have just returned from a bus zero waste food coop shopping trip, filling my own bottles, and using only packaging that can be composted(paper not plastic). I work everyday to be a climatarian. You don’t need to be as extreme as I am, just become aware! How can we consume less?
![Use reusable cotton sacks or paper bags](https://health4earth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/wpid-wp-1417966254508.jpeg?w=150&h=113)
![Please recycle plastic bags at grocery stores!](https://health4earth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/wpid-20151105_085307.jpg?w=300&h=225)
![Backyard Compost Collection](https://health4earth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/0072.jpg?w=113&h=150)