F**K Plastic: 101 Ways to Free Yourself From Plastic and Save the World

 I just downloaded this book on my Kindle app and it starts like this: 

Plastic: What's the Big Deal? 

    Plastic still remains a pretty great invention--syringes, hip replacements, protective helmets, your laptop, my phone, that car.  Let's me honest plastic ain't going nowhere.  But that's the problem in a nutshell--all the single-use plastics we buy each day without realizing ain't going nowhere either.  A plastic carrier bag is used on average for 12 minutes--but it'll still be here in 100 to 300 years.  The water bottle you picked up at lunch could still be here in 450.