10 tips to reduce your plastic use

Want to save the Earth and its oceans? Eat ice cream in a cone! Seriously, single-use plastic items like ice cream spoons account for more than 40 percent of plastic waste, and each year about 8.8 million tons of plastic trash flows into the ocean. And that waste endangers wildlife. But solving the plastic problem can be as easy as getting your sweet treat in a cone. Check out our top 10 quick tips to reduce your single-use plastic pollution today!

PHOTO CREDITS: STRAW: KANITTHA BOON, SHUTTERSTOCK; ICE CREAM: KERDKANNO, SHUTTERSTOCK; CLEAN UP: FUSE, GETTY IMAGES