Reduce Your Plastic Consumption Calculator

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This calculator helps you set goals and track your progress in reducing plastic consumption. It estimates your current plastic usage and helps you plan reductions in different areas of your life.

How To Use

How to use this calculator

Start with your values, or try a preset.

Step 1

Enter Plastic shopping bags used per week, Plastic water/soda bottles used per week, Plastic food containers used per week (takeout, etc.), Plastic utensils used per week, Other plastic items used per week (e.g., straws, packaging), and Percentage of plastic you want to reduce in the units shown.

Step 2

Read Reduce other items by, Reduce plastic utensils by, Reduce food containers by, Reduce plastic bottles by, Reduce plastic bags by, Total plastic items used per week, Weekly reduction goal (items), and Annual Reduction Goal (items) in the results panel. Results update as you change the inputs.

Step 3

Choose a preset to load an example, then adjust the values for your situation.

Worked Examples

Example calculations

See the inputs and their calculated results.

Low Usage

Plastic shopping bags used per week: 1; Plastic water/soda bottles used per week: 1; Plastic food containers used per week (takeout, etc.): 0; Plastic utensils used per week: 1; Other plastic items used per week (e.g., straws, packaging): 2; Percentage of plastic you want to reduce: 10 %

Reduce other items by: 0.2; Reduce plastic utensils by: 0.1; Reduce food containers by: 0; Reduce plastic bottles by: 0.1; Reduce plastic bags by: 0.1; Total plastic items used per week: 5; Weekly reduction goal (items): 0.5; Annual Reduction Goal (items): 26

Moderate Usage

Plastic shopping bags used per week: 3; Plastic water/soda bottles used per week: 3; Plastic food containers used per week (takeout, etc.): 2; Plastic utensils used per week: 4; Other plastic items used per week (e.g., straws, packaging): 5; Percentage of plastic you want to reduce: 15 %

Reduce other items by: 0.8; Reduce plastic utensils by: 0.6; Reduce food containers by: 0.3; Reduce plastic bottles by: 0.5; Reduce plastic bags by: 0.5; Total plastic items used per week: 17; Weekly reduction goal (items): 2.6; Annual Reduction Goal (items): 135

High Usage

Plastic shopping bags used per week: 5; Plastic water/soda bottles used per week: 7; Plastic food containers used per week (takeout, etc.): 5; Plastic utensils used per week: 7; Other plastic items used per week (e.g., straws, packaging): 10; Percentage of plastic you want to reduce: 20 %

Reduce other items by: 2; Reduce plastic utensils by: 1.4; Reduce food containers by: 1; Reduce plastic bottles by: 1.4; Reduce plastic bags by: 1; Total plastic items used per week: 34; Weekly reduction goal (items): 6.8; Annual Reduction Goal (items): 354

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