yes, that is correct. I never said it would bring your intake to zero. But those appear to be big ways of microplastic intake we can control: food+packaging and food+heat. Harder to control the air you breathe in the city...
Don't heat food in plastic in the microwave. Put in the effort to put it in glass or a plate or so, then heat.
Don't store hot leftovers in plastic.
Don't buy and drink plastic bottled water.
If you can in the stores in general chose between food and drinks packaged in glass or cardboard vs anything else: chances are glass or cardboard packaging is the healthier choice. Aluminum cans should still be okayish too, tho they possibly layered it with plastic inside too depending on the pH of the contents to slow down reactions between can and product.
in some sectors, like construction, they just all have to take summer holiday together. That's usually like 2 consecutive weeks.
Most sectors do not tho. Depending on the sector and the specific job, they just set an email autoreply: hi, i'm chilling by the pool rn, if it's urgent ask colleague x who is a bit informed about what i normally do and they should be able to help you, (we'll clean up the mess when i'm back)
i very recently learned how to drive. Learned manual because it is still the majority of cars on the roads here... Looking forward to the majority of the vehicles being automatic! It makes a lot more sense
I've basically made my parents use firefox for 15 years now. With adblocking and cookie warning disabled and stuff like that. Since a few years they're more and more on the iPhone, not on laptop with firefox... "why are there so many advertisements on the phone? Can't you fix it like on the laptop?" Nope. I can't, you chose iPhone. Had no idea all these years how much they were shielded from bs by firefox. For an average user it just boils down to 'it's too complicated', use whatever shit software they force on them and don't ask fundamental questions... Firefox became the browser for privacy nerds, lost its mainstream appeal in the period that chrome definitely was a lot faster and smoother and was still a bit less evil corp about addons
I love using Firefox. Have been loyal user for over 15 years. But quite a few sites just don't work as intended... including online banking, city government etc. The issue has grown a lot in recent years. It's a pickle to adjust addons for every site with issues, so j just use chrome or Edge or whatever and keep the firefox settings optimised for ad free cookie warning free trackerless experience in newspaper, YouTube etc. To me it's inconvenience is just a regular reminder that Internet has gone to shit and more and more sites contain a shitload of unnecessary bullshit no one asked for
Which is often still the result of strong union actions in the past, even if only 20 or 30 % are currently unionised.
Living in EU, mid thirties, full time office job getting about 33 days off per year all together. Max 4 weeks in a row tho, and must match schedules with colleagues so all keeps on running, no full closing of offices. The older you get, the more vacation days you get. Older colleagues complain they have too much holidays...
yes, that is correct. I never said it would bring your intake to zero. But those appear to be big ways of microplastic intake we can control: food+packaging and food+heat. Harder to control the air you breathe in the city...