IMG_0353The the other day I was at the airport and decided to have breakfast between flights. I ordered an egg sandwich, juice, coffee and some fruit. I got my breakfast in a bag and sat down at the table and began to unwrap everything. That’s when I realized I had four pieces of plastic and Styrofoam along with my breakfast. I am starting to notice how much garbage I create with my take-out meals. It’s enormous. At home, we can fill a garbage can with only 4 take-out meals from a local Italian restaurant.  I am one of 6 billion people on the planet and if  everyone had three take-out meals a day consisting of 2 or three items that would be 72 billion pieces of plastic every day. What do we do with all this stuff?  I know not everybody eats out every day, nor are all 6 billion people privileged to have their food delivered to them. But still there are billions of pieces of plastic and Styrofoam waste created every day? Some of it is in use for only minutes and will stay with us for centuries. We’ve got to take responsibility for this stuff, we can’t just keep thinking it’s going to some place and magically disappearing. It returns in our water and our food. I don’t want all my food wrapped in plastic, there’s got to be a better way. I trust that there is somebody out there with some answers that we should be working on right now. If you’re one of those people, leave some comments below because this has to start now – there isn’t much time left.