Fortunately, small steps that we take towards lessening plastic pollution are hugely beneficial to the environment in the long run. On the whole, recycling efforts form a majority of the solutions to tackling the problem of plastic pollution. Efforts to implement good civic practices are great solutions that we, as a community and a country, can undertake to effectively reduce plastic pollution. But how exactly do we go about understanding how much we, as individuals, are contributing to this problem on a micro level and how can we tackle it?