Living Lightly | Avoid plastic tourist traps

By Julianna Toth
Updated January 22 2019 - 12:06pm, first published 9:58am
TOP TIP: Travel sustainably.
TOP TIP: Travel sustainably.

The first time I travelled to Japan, I remember being shocked at how much plastic was used on a daily basis – individual fruits wrapped in plastic; pastries placed into plastic bags, then bagged up again in plastic; new shoes individually wrapped in plastic bags. There seemed to be very little culture around minimal plastic waste.

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