–  Don’t take a plastic bag when you only buy one or two items

–  Reuse plastic bags

–  Put An environmental tax on plastic bags (Ireland reduced the amount of plastic bags by 90 % through taxation)

–  Ask shops to give a plastic bag only when requested

–  Ask shops to ‘sell’ plastic bags instead of giving them away for free; campaign to make it a law (unknown if it helps or just finances the plastic bag business; probably more useful if the money earned through selling of bags, is used for environmental projects)

–  Be an example to others

–  Say no to plastic bags when you are going to put the item you just bought in your shoulder bag or backpack anyway

–  Use biodegradable bags (unknown if it’s really helpful)

–  Use them as garbage bags

–  Count how many plastic bags you actually use, you’ll be surprised

–  Use paper bags to collect dog dirt

–  Inform about the problem that plastic bags cause (e.g. information boards in shops)

–  Ban plastic bags

–  Use bags made of fabric to shop (always bring one wherever you go, there are super small versions!)

–  Use biodegradable plastic bags to carry raw meat and other products to prevent contamination

–  Ask famous designers to design reusable bags

–  Let people design their own bags

–  Ask conference organizers to give away bread and cake in reusable bags instead of paper cases

–  Give away reusable bags as a gift instead of other things

–  Eat in the restaurant instead of buying take away

–  Stop being lazy.

–  Stop finding excuses, like ‘it’s inconvenient’.

–  Don’t set a date when to start, start right now.

–  Asking shops to give discount if costumers don’t take plastic bags ‘A supermarket branch in Spain started giving costumers a discount of 2 cents for every 10 euros they spent, which reduced the amount of handed out plastic bags about 50 %