If you noticed two familiar faces on the front cover of WATCH, February 20
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, they are our neighbors, Indigo and Willow Krois, also known as the Carry On Girls. Their goal is to reduce the use of plastics as well as to recycle it. Plastic is everywhere and causing significant damage to our environment.
Carry On! was instrumental in Ridgway banning the use of plastic bags in December of 2018. We can also thank them for “upcycling” plastic film. We can drop off our clean plastic film at Alpine Bank in Ridgway where it will be recycled and made into patio decks by a company called Trex.
Willow and Indigo with the help from their mom, Deidra, have started their own business called Carry On Reusables (carryonreusables.com). They sell a zero waste kit that is made of 95 percent recycled materials.
Plastic pollution is a global problem and one that is destroying our planet. Thanks to environmental stewards like Willow and Indigo Krois along with their mom, Deidra, we may be able to turn the tide before it is too late. Avoid plastic as much as possible by using reusable products and recycle plastic that is unavoidable.
Kudos and thanks to the Krois family and all who recycle and reuse rather than add to the plastic pollution that is engulfing our one and only home, earth.
EMBOD