Image source: https://www.motherjones.com/ Did you know... ...Plastic waste takes anywhere between 500-1000 years to degrade. ...50% of the plastic we consume is single-use plastic. ...Only a very small percentage of the tons of plastic that is produced ever gets recycled; most of it ends up in our oceans. That plastic is detrimental to our planet and is already encroaching into our food chain is common knowledge. But have we done much to reduce our contribution to the trash? Despite more and more people becoming aware about the adversities of plastic pollution, so few actually do anything to reduce their plastic consumption. I think the war we are waging is against habit. That old darn habit. Walk into the supermarket, walk out with a can of soda...in a plastic bag... habit. That old darn habit. The other hurdle that companies like Avani ( founded by an entrepreneur from Bali ) are trying to cross is the cost factor . "The cost of biodegradable cutlery is abou...