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    This document discusses three environmentally unsustainable lifestyle habits: [1] Using single-use plastics for convenience daily, [2] Not segregating biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste, and [3] Throwing away ink and batteries. While aware of the environmental impacts, the author acknowledges struggling to give up single-use plastics but is trying to use less. They question why proper waste segregation and recycling laws have not been adopted from other countries. Household batteries and ink cartridges also contain toxic chemicals harmful to wildlife and oceans if thrown in the garbage instead of being recycled.

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    This document discusses three environmentally unsustainable lifestyle habits: [1] Using single-use plastics for convenience daily, [2] Not segregating biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste, and [3] Throwing away ink and batteries. While aware of the environmental impacts, the author acknowledges struggling to give up single-use plastics but is trying to use less. They question why proper waste segregation and recycling laws have not been adopted from other countries. Household batteries and ink cartridges also contain toxic chemicals harmful to wildlife and oceans if thrown in the garbage instead of being recycled.

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    This document discusses three environmentally unsustainable lifestyle habits: [1] Using single-use plastics for convenience daily, [2] Not segregating biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste, and [3] Throwing away ink and batteries. While aware of the environmental impacts, the author acknowledges struggling to give up single-use plastics but is trying to use less. They question why proper waste segregation and recycling laws have not been adopted from other countries. Household batteries and ink cartridges also contain toxic chemicals harmful to wildlife and oceans if thrown in the garbage instead of being recycled.

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    What are your three environmentally unsustainable lifestyle?

    1. Using Single Use Plastic for daily convenience.

    Guilty as ever, I am still patronizing single-use plastic in my everyday life even though I know what it
    does to our Earth. I am well aware that plastics are one of the reasons that pollute the oceans and
    plastics do not decay. However, I have my own ways on how to be earth friendly on the matter of using
    plastic. Using a tote bag or cloth bag instead of plastic when going to the wet market, also considering to
    Tupperware’s for meat and fish instead of single-use plastic. Though I still admit that it’s hard to stop
    using single-plastic everyday but using it less is a great feat. Starting from that, I might encourage people
    that I will encounter to use less plastic.

    2. Not segregating biodegradable and non-biodegradable

    In our home, we do not segregate our garbage. Ignoring the purpose of segregation in our
    household is not a new issue at all here in our country. Although, it’s just sad to differ the lifestyles of
    other countries and here in the Philippines in regards to the segregation of our waste. I have been to
    Switzerland, the country that recycles 52% of their waste. How could they possibly do that? Why can’t
    we do that as well in our country? Why can’t we adopt their laws on proper garbage disposal? So many
    questions, but I guess, for me, people here in the Philippines would only start to care if we have laws
    that will lead them to no choice but to obey. That includes me as well.

    3. Throwing Ink and Batteries

    Household batteries contain trace amounts of mercury and toxic chemicals that damage wildlife and
    sea life when they accumulate and leak into ecosystems around the world. Recycling batteries and ink
    cartridges is easy if there are certain places to drop it off or the garbage collectors have to collect it and
    separate it away from the garbage.

    SUBMITTED BY:
    KRISTEL JADE C. PALMA
    MDM-ET
    ISCOF BAROTAC NUEVO

    Social Science in Development and Conservation

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