'We’re all part of the same chain, we’ve all got to look around and think, this could be done better.'
suggests that three quarters of British people are still buying plastic bottles, with a quarter not planning on changing their single-use plastic habits in the future.“Live in real life, not online” Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders share their advice for twenty-something women
Sustainability – this is a kind of new-fangled word which is just called being sensible with what your part in the planet absorbs. Be sensible. I’ve never dropped litter, I look after my clothes, and when a button falls off or they get torn, I mend them. I use second hand things. I have second hand clothes, furniture. Make do and mend – that’s an old war-time thing. I was born after the war, but that idea stuck with me. I save paper which comes on presents, I take care of things.
S: Was there a specific moment which made you more conscious about the sustainability of your lifestyle, or have you always lived that way?I think I was brought up pretty strictly, and also, I came from the age when we used to do things at school like Keep Britain Tidy, so the idea of throwing stuff away was always a mystery to us. I love the idea of taking out cloth shopping bags, I did that long before plastic bags had a price on them.
S: What do you think is the biggest barrier to reducing our reliance on single-use plastic in the UK?Joanna Lumley and Stylist's Junior Digital Writer Lauren GeallWe’ve got to [cut down on single-use plastic] in the UK. We can only take care of our own things. You can plan to do it tomorrow but you can only do it today. You can only do what’s now. So let’s try and get this right in our country. Do your bit.
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