If you thought that veganism was just a fad that would eventually fizzle and disappear, think again.
Meat consumption continues to slide, with a whopping 41% of Brits apparently ditching meat and fish in favour of plant-based meals.
A new study claims that two in five Brits are reducing their fleshy food consumption in a bid to help fight the climate crisis.
The poll of 2,000 adults found that 75% planned on changing at least one lifestyle habit over the next year to become more eco-friendly, with a fifth planning to eat more locally-grown food and 18% wanting to grow their own.
It’s not just dietry changes folk want to impliment either.
The study, conducted by personal finance comparison site Finder, also found that Brits plan on buying more sustainable clothes, swapping harsh cleaning products for more eco-friendly products and using more sustainable hygiene products.
Small, sustainable changes can have a massive impact.
Swapping your period products, for example, can have a huge effect on your carbon footprint and waste.
Over the course of our menstrual life, we can get through up to 15,000 pads and tampons – most of which end up in landfills. Menstrual cups and pants can cut that waste dramatically (as well as saving you a tonne of cash in the long run).
According to one study, if every US household replaced one bottle of petroleum-based washing detergent with a plant-based one, 149,000 barrels of oil could be saved. That’s enough to heat and cool 8,500 homes for a year.
Cutting meat and dairy from your diet can reduce your carbon footprint by two-thirds, according to a study by Oxford University.
If everyone in the UK swapped just one more red meat-based meal to a plant-based one per week, we’d cut the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by 50 million tonnes. That’s the equivalent of taking 16 million cars off the road.
Little by little, we can make a huge change.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/10/40-brits-are-ditching-meat-fish-help-fight-climate-crisis-13107754/
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