Sustainable living: how family’s plastic-free mission has transformed their daily habits
- Hong Kong-based Adriane Rysz and her family decided three months ago to cut as much plastic out of their lives as possible
- The initiative has transformed their shopping habits and seen favourite items sacrificed. Key has been their helper’s commitment to the mission
When Adriane Rysz opens the fridge to show how her family stores their food, one thing immediately stands out: it is almost completely devoid of disposable plastic packaging, with most of the food in glass or reusable plastic containers.
More than three months have passed since Rysz, a digital copywriter, and her family of five, a domestic helper and two cats embarked on a mission to go plastic-free. The initiative has drastically transformed the family’s grocery shopping habits and consumption patterns.
Plastic use is deeply ingrained in our lives, especially for people in a city like Hong Kong where single-use items are commonplace. But there are many negatives to our overuse of the material.
When Rysz, whose family has lived in Hong Kong for eight years, first walked into the supermarket upon taking up the challenge, she was overwhelmed.
“All I could see when I stood at the end of an aisle was rows and rows of plastic,” she says.
