Did you know that the tiny plastic forks, spoons and knives we use every day can harm our planet? It sounds hard to believe, but these small tools can be enormous problems for the Earth and the organisms that call it home!
Billions of plastic utensils are discarded every year between people globally. These are the plastic forks and spoons we encounter at picnics, school lunches and fast food joints. When we throw them away, they don’t just go away. Instead they sit in our ecosystem for a long, long time - sometimes hundreds of years!
Picture a plastic spoon floating in the ocean or lying in a landfill for longer than your grandparents have been born. That’s how long it takes for plastic to decompose. In the meantime, these plastic bits can injure animals. Small sea creatures could become entangled in them, or land animals could eat them and become sick.
The new-age versions of utensils are superhero level for nature. They have the appearance of regular plastic tools, but they are so much better friendlier for our planet!
Stay tune in, every bit adds up! Every time you reach for a planet-friendly utensil, you’re a Earth hero. You’re proving that even kids can help take care of our beautiful planet.