Your Health Plastic Credit Score
A handful of recurring habits are driving most of your number.
Today's opportunity
52 → 50Move one reheated meal from plastic to glass
Heat is the single biggest driver in your breakdown. Swap one recurring reheat into a glass or ceramic dish.
Why is my score 52?
Answer all 30 questions based on your usual routine. Lower is better.
Heating food
Microwaving or reheating in plastic containers and film.
71Elevated1.Do you reheat food in plastic containers?
2.Do you microwave food covered with plastic film?
3.Do you eat hot food directly from plastic takeaway containers?
4.Do you heat ready meals in their original plastic tray?
5.Do you pour hot food or boiling liquids into plastic containers?
Food packaging
Pre-packaged meals, takeaway boxes, wrapped produce.
57Moderate1.Do you regularly buy fruit or vegetables wrapped in plastic?
2.Do you eat pre-packaged meals more than twice a week?
3.Do most of your snacks come in single-use plastic packaging?
4.Do you order takeaway or delivery food more than once a week?
5.Do you buy meat or fish in plastic trays or film?
Drinking water
Bottled water versus filtered tap in a reusable vessel.
50Moderate1.Do you drink bottled water most days?
2.Do you repeatedly refill single-use plastic bottles?
3.Do you drink from large plastic jugs or water-cooler bottles?
4.Do you drink from a plastic bottle that's been sitting somewhere warm?
Beverages
Disposable cups, lids and single-use drink containers.
50Moderate1.Do you use a disposable cup or lid most days?
2.Do you regularly buy drinks in plastic bottles?
3.Do you use plastic straws or stirrers with your drinks?
4.Do you drink hot drinks through plastic takeaway lids?
Household
Storage, utensils, cleaning products and dust sources.
43Low1.Do you usually store leftovers in plastic containers?
2.Do you cook with scratched or worn plastic utensils?
3.Do you have many plastic furnishings or surfaces that collect dust?
4.Do you cover or wrap food in plastic cling film for storage?
5.Do you prepare food on plastic chopping boards?
Clothing
Synthetic fibres and laundry shedding practices.
50Moderate1.Are most of your everyday clothes made with synthetic fibres?
2.Do you wash synthetic clothes in hot or partly filled loads?
3.Do you tumble dry your synthetic clothes?
4.Do you buy new synthetic garments, like activewear, most months?
Personal care
Cosmetics, packaging and contact materials.
15Excellent1.Do you use a plastic toothbrush or plastic toothpaste tube?
2.Do most of your personal-care products come in plastic packaging?
3.Do you use glitter, scrubs, or cosmetics containing plastic particles?