This Is the Trickiest Part of Going Plastic-Free—and How I'm Managing It

This Is the Trickiest Part of Going Plastic-Free—and How I'm Managing It

It's not easy being green.Javier Zayas/Getty ImagesI've been trying and failing to cut single-use plastic out of my life for several months. To be fair, I often wasn't trying that hard. I bought a reusable coffee mug and remembered to bring it with me, well, most of the time. I never used those plastic produce bags at the grocery store (I don't understand the point of them anyway), but I was buying a lot of berries in plastic clamshells. And I p…