Your Health Plastic Credit Score

Your personal plan

Based on the habits you said “Yes” to. Each swap lowers your plastic exposure and supports your long-term health.

• Reheat food in glass or ceramic dishes instead of plastic containers.
• Cover food in the microwave with a plate or glass lid, not plastic film.
• Tip hot takeaway food onto a real plate before eating.
• Choose loose fruit and vegetables and carry a cloth produce bag.
• Cook a simple batch meal at home to replace a couple of packaged meals a week.
• Drink filtered tap water from a glass or stainless-steel bottle.
• Bring your own reusable cup for daily coffee or tea.
• Store leftovers in glass jars or containers once they have cooled.
• Favour cotton, wool, linen or hemp for clothes worn next to your skin.
• Move ready meals into an oven-safe glass dish before heating.
• Cut one takeaway order a week, or ask the restaurant for no plastic cutlery.
• Switch from plastic water-cooler jugs to a filtered tap or glass dispenser.
• Take the lid off hot drinks, or use your own cup with a metal lid.
• Use beeswax wraps, a plate or a lidded glass dish instead of cling film.
• Buy fewer new synthetic garments, and pick natural fibres when you do.

Today's one step

Move one reheated meal from plastic to glass

Heat is the single biggest driver in your breakdown. Swap one recurring reheat into a glass or ceramic dish.