环保替换，新西兰7月无塑料月后继续进行

环保替换，7月无塑料月后继续进行

We're coming to the end of Plastic-Free July - similar to Dry July but for saving the environment, rather than your liver.

新西兰将在7月底结束无塑料月——类似于7月干燥，但这是为了保护环境，而不是为了保护你的肝脏。

If you've managed to maintain a plastic-free or, at least reduced, lifestyle for the whole month, congratulations, you're a better human than me. If you've fallen off the sustainable wagon, no worries, you can always hop back on!

如果你能在一个月内保持一种不含塑料的生活方式，或者至少是减少塑料的生活方式，恭喜你，你是一个比我更好的人。如果你已经从可持续发展的习惯上掉下来了，不用担心，你可以随时跳回去!

To make things easier, here's three easy, realistic swaps you can continue to carry in your daily routine to reduce your single-use plastic waste even when July is over.

为了让事情变得更简单，这里有三个简单的、现实的替换方案，即使七月已经过去，你可以继续在你的日常生活中使用，以减少你的一次性塑料废物。

BYO container

自带食物的容器

Taking your own container to buy food is one of the easiest swaps you can make to save the planet, plus it's often more secure and convenient than the shitty, flimsy containers provided. Take a lockable Sistema to the supermarket deli to buy potato salad, or to the self-serve sushi shop. Keep a couple at your desk for work lunch, or along with your reusable shopping bags in the car. You can even get tiny tiny ones for sauces!

带着你自己的容器去买食物是你能做的拯救地球的最简单的代替方案之一，而且它通常比商家提供的那些破烂的、脆弱的容器更安全、更方便。带一个可上锁的柜子去超市熟食店买土豆沙拉，或者去自助寿司店。工作午餐时在办公桌上放几个，或者在车里放几个可重复使用的购物袋。你甚至可以拿很小很小的来做酱料!

Saying no to single-use straws and cutlery

拒绝一次性吸管和餐具

In a similar vein, keep a set of reusable cutlery in your handbag or car - just make sure you wash them between uses! This saves you from buying those plastic forks at cafes that break as soon as you use them, and inevitably end up in landfill. You can even keep a set of reusable chopsticks with you if that tends to fit with your lunchtime cuisine! Reusable straws are also a great option, especially if you've had the horror of a paper straw disintegrating into our drink when trying to be eco-friendly.

同样，在你的手提包或车里放一套可重复使用的餐具——只是要确保在使用之间清洗它们!这样你就不用在咖啡馆里买那些一用就坏的塑料餐叉了，而且不可避免地会被扔进垃圾填埋场。你甚至可以随身携带一套可重复使用的筷子，如果这符合你的午餐食谱的话!可重复使用的吸管也是一个不错的选择，尤其是当你在尝试环保的时候，害怕纸吸管会分解到我们的饮料里。

Ditch the face wipes

把脸擦掉

If you've been to a Kiwi summer festival or two, or just find yourself a bit lazy at the end of a night out, you'll be familiar with the amount of face wipes you can go through in a few days. But if you haven't given them a second thought, you might be shocked to know it takes make-up wipes up to 100 years to break down in landfill, often creating those gross sewer-blocking fatbergs. Try swapping them for reusable organic cotton cloths or bamboo wipes that you can simply rinse with some water and throw in with the rest of your washing.

如果你参加过一两个狂欢节日，或者只是在晚上出去玩的时候发现自己有点懒，你就会知道你一天需要在擦脸上产生多少垃圾。你可能没有仔细考虑过，化妆品要经过长达100年才能在垃圾填埋场分解，往往会产生严重堵塞下水道的脂肪。试着把它们换成可重复使用的有机棉布或竹抹布，你只需用水冲洗一下，就可以把它们和其他衣物一起洗掉。