Traveling Made Me Use Plastic...Again

Well I'm back from my vacation, and I can only report that, similar to my last travel experience, I consumed quite a bit of plastic during my Utah ski trip.

But let's start with the good stuff.

Here are the ways I was able to avoid plastic:

• Brought my thermos, which allowed me to have plastic-free coffee and water on the go.
• Tried not to accept free beverages on the plane
• Found plastic bags in the house where we were staying and brought them with to the grocery store.
• Did not accept plastic bags at any of the additional stores I visited.
• Packed my own lunch to avoid buying food at the cafeterias

Now here are the bad, plasticky things I did:

• Bought a sandwich at the first resort we visited, which came on a bio-plastic plate.
• Purchased several things at the grocery store that came in plastic because because I wanted to cook all my own food and bring pack lunches to the resort to save money. Things I bought included: yogurt, granola bars, pasta in boxes with plastic windows, and bagged spinach (that's all they had, unfortunately)
• Got a cup of coffee in a Styrofoam cup after being stuck in a horrible rocky mountain traffic jam (we went 2 miles in 1.5 hours)
• Accepted coffee in a Styrofoam cup on the plane home out of weakness/exhaustion

Anyways, I actually didn't use TOO much plastic, and I was definitely able to determine that my coffee addiction has a tendency to lead to plastic usage.

For next vacation, I need to try not to succumb to my coffee addiction and to also be more cautious in the grocery store. After all, I'm sure I would have been fine without the yogurt.