More than 1 million bottles of water are sold every minute globally, and Americans purchase about 50 billion water bottles annually. Most of these come from single-use plastic bottles produced by the big companies. Consumers have the power of demand and collective change, that’s why I’m sharing with you the best alternatives to single-use plastic bottles.

The ceremony of leaves falling to give space to green ones before turning yellow and starting the circle again, is stunning and welcome, whereas the ceremony of sending them to the landfill is nothing short of harmful– an activity that’s bad for the environment. An easy way to be more sustainable at home and embrace a new habit that’s gentler on the planet, is to simply leave the leaves.