Micah Connection

Provided by the UM Creation Justice Movement at umcreationjustice.org.

August Tip Highlights for Using Less Plastic:

1. Place blame where it belongs. We can't recycle our way out of the continuing harm. Contact your local, state, and federal lawmakers to support efforts to ban single-use plastics and/or return the responsibility to the manufacturers.

2. Store and microwave your food in glass or ceramic--not plastic, which sheds microplastics for you to unknowingly consume....and take care of your health at the same time.

3. Avoid liquid-filled plastic bottles to reduce emissions. Instead, purchase tablets for laundry, dishwashing, and other cleaning products. Blueland and Dropps are two sources. Browse for others and read the "About" for their "greenness."

4. Read the labels first. Polyester is basically plastic. Manufacturing the fabric requires 70 million barrels of oil annually and releases toxins into the air. Wastewater from washing polyester adds microfibers to waterways harming marine life and those of us who like fish dinners.

Let's use our best "Plastic Free Habits" at church, home, and the work place too. Just ask the children who attended VBS. They brought their own reusable drinking containers instead of using plastic cups!

See the complete Top 10 List in the most recent Creation Care Newsletter.

Be creative in how you take care of God's gift of creation and those who live in it. Call Amy DeVore at the Church Office to let us know what you are doing.