‘The foods I enjoy are so convenient to me that I forget they are a luxury.’

Inflexible plastic: Lucy Hurst on our reliance on food packaging

'As millions of bottles wash up onto our beaches, it becomes so painfully obvious that the consumer has no real demand for plastic bottles.' | Photo: Ishan @seefromthesky / Unsplash.

If you’ve ever considered trying to buy more ethically, or spent any time looking into single-use plastics, you’d be right to realise it’s an environmental nightmare. I recently found myself in the milk aisle, wondering about the most ethical choice. I told myself that, today, I didn’t want to think about it. I bought my milk, and made my way home.

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