Planet vs Plastic for Earth Day - how small steps can make big strides

(22 Apr 2024)
EARTH DAY-GROCERY SHOPPING

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Albany, New York - 17 April, 2024

1. Wide Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics, choosing oranges at Honest Weight Food Co-op
2. Close of Enck choosing oranges
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Judith Enck, Beyond Plastics:
“A trip to any American supermarket is a little bit of a plastics disaster, but there are steps we can take as individuals to reduce plastic. It takes a little bit of thought and it’s hard and don't be hard on yourself. You are going to purchase some plastic when you go shopping.”

4. Shop worker stocking yogurt shelf
5. Close of Enck choosing yogurt
6. Wide of Enck choosing peanut butter from shelf
7. Mid of shop worker weighing and wrapping fish in paper
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Judith Enck, Beyond Plastics:
“We eat a lot of peanut butter in our house, and so I look for glass jars rather than plastic jars. We bought some oranges that I put in my reusable bag - my produce bag. When I purchased fish, I asked them not to put it in a plastic bag, but just wrap it regularly in paper.”

9. Wide Enck walking down aisle
10. Tight Enck’s feet as she pushes cart
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Judith Enck, Beyond Plastics:
“Consumers need to know that most plastics are not recyclable. Only 5% to 6% of plastics are recyclable in the United States. So your key tip is to try to avoid plastic wherever you can.”

12. Enck reaching for carrots
13. Close of carrots on shelf
14. Close of packaged carrots
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Judith Enck, Beyond Plastics:
“It's really convenient to have those little pre-cut carrots. But I like to buy carrots with no packaging and you just wash them and cut them up yourself. They actually taste much fresher and are cheaper than the plastic bags of carrots.”

16. Tracking shot through aisles
17. Picking strawberries in plastic from shelf
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Judith Enck, Beyond Plastics:
“Even small steps make a difference because big supermarkets notice when people ask for less packaged material. Also, our kids pay attention. If they're shopping with us and you talk about why you're reaching for the glass jar rather than the plastic jar, it's an opportunity for education."

19. Pan of produce section
20. Close of lettuce
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Judith Enck, Beyond Plastics:
“None of this is about guilt. None of us woke up one day and said, ’Gee, I want to buy more plastic packaging.’ And I don't think anything tastes good in plastics. But we need to get rid of the guilt, do the best we can and then work for policy changes. That is actually what's going to drive things.”

22. Enck at check out
23. Shop worker helping her to pack her shopping
STORYLINE:
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Planet versus the plastics, it's the new call to arms for Earth Day 2024 which is calling for a 60% reduction in plastic use by 2040.

According to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) humans produce 400 million tonnes of plastic waste each year.

One way to help reduce that amount, is by trying to avoid buying groceries packed in plastic packaging.

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A million plastic bottles bought every minute.

Five trillion plastic bags used worldwide every year.

Half of all plastic produced designed for single-use purposes.

These are just some of the worrying statistics from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) that warns that plastic is now part of the Earth's fossil record and a marker of our current geological era.
Enck's eggs are packed in cardboard and her fish is wrapped in paper.
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