These environmental icks were put together by the Ecocious Team, if you think we've missed any, please send us a DM and we will add yours to our list!
If you want to be cool in 2022, stop doing these things.
- "I don't care, I'll just get the cheapest.”
- Making fun of someone expressing their individuality.
- Cancel culture.
- Hauls from "Fashion Nova, Shein, Boohoo, Missguided, PLT, Topshop.” (or any mass fashion brand)
- Not caring about your health now/ in the future.
- Working out in Polyester/ Elastane/ Nylon (you literally stink).
- Paying premium price tag for something made out of Polyester/ Elastane/ Nylon (it's literally plastic).
- IDLING a.k.a leaving the engine on when you are not driving.
- Having to buy a new outfit for every event.
- Being negative as a default.
- Being nasty as a "joke."
- Throwing trash out of the car window.
- Throwing trash on the ground in general.
- Using a take-away coffee cup for a rushed, on-the-go 10 minute experience and then chucking it to landfill (FYI cuties T/A coffee cups are lined with plastic: which is lacing your coffee with endocrine disruptors and it also doesn't make them biodegradable or recyclable, please get a keep cup or just sit down at your local cafe and use that morsel of time to set your daily intentions or practice gratitude)
- Not knowing which goes in Recycling vs. General waste bin (the symbols are always on the back).
- Saying "yes" when deep down you'd really like to say no.
- Throwing food scraps into general waste bin (food waste produces significantly more... around 25x more methane than regular trash - please compost!)
- AMAZON, and anyone that recommends it.
- "Not everyone can afford sustainable clothing" or "sustainable fashion is a luxury" (buying cheap clothing that's a "bargain" whilst another person isn't getting paid minimum wage seems like the REAL luxury here...)
- Buying the exact outfit off the mannequin/ model - this screams I don’t have my own style so loud.
- Buying the cheaper, knock off version of a piece instead of the original.
- Not giving creatives credit for their work.
- Fast/Mass fashion brands doing performative fashion week events. (Truly, I am so embarrassed for anyone that attended and promoted the SHEIN fashion week event or PLT Miami swim week runway... quick, go archive those posts girlies!)
- Butting out cigarettes on the ground (so disgustingly toxic to the environment!)
- Throwing vapes into general waste (hello... same sized battery as a portable charger, batteries are so toxic to the environment and need to be discarded properly with other e-waste: laptops, phones etc..)
- Feeding white bread to animals
- Individually wrapped candy/chocolates.
- Individually bagging fruit and veg in those thin little plastic bags.
- Using a Plastic razor and or plastic toothbrush.
- Buying non-clean, animal cruelty skincare and makeup from the supermarket/ drugstore.
- Using your phone whilst someone is directly speaking to you.