The problem is people are buying their food and so much of it is in plastic. Think about how hard it would be if you wanted to buy a container of cheese. Almost all of the cheese is in plastic containers at the grocery store. You almost don’t have a choice but to buy that container. With the plastic container all you do is take it home, and throw it in the garbage. It does not make sense.

The solution is that if we make our own food instead of buying it in the plastic wrap. For example, if you were going to the store to by some tomatoes all you would do is take them, put it in a bag, take it home, and throw the plastic bag away. But instead if you have your own garden and you grow that tomatoes then they will smell great and taste delicious when you eat it...and you won’t have to throw away a plastic bag in the landfill.

Another example is if you buy a loaf of bread at the grocery store in a plastic bag, all you do with it is you take it, take it home, take the plastic bag and throw it away. But instead you can make that loaf of bread and it will smell good, it will taste better than the loaf of bread that you would buy at the grocery store and also you would not have to have that plastic bag to throw in the landfill.

If you make or buy your things, then we will reduce the plastic you would have wasted and thrown away.

and it won’t pollute the Earth. 30 million tons of plastic waste gets in the United States of America. We waste so much plastic when we buy things in plastic wrap and plastic bags, and just throw it away right after we get home.

Make your food instead of buying that food at the grocery store in plastic. These are some examples of food you could grow instead of buy them.

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