Welcome to Commune, a global wellness community and online course platform featuring some of the world's greatest teachers.

We are on a mission to inspire, heal, pass down wisdom, and bring the world closer together.

This is the Commune podcast, where each week we explore the ideas and practices

that help us live this healthy, connected, and purpose-filled life.

You can learn more about our courses, our community, and everything we do at OneCommune.com.

Commune's monthly membership includes more than 75 courses covering a wide spectrum of topics

related to personal and societal well-being, from personal development, meditation, and

spirituality, to functional medicine, permaculture, and social activism.

We have built such an incredible library of teachers and programs that it seems only logical

to leverage this podcast as a means to further spread these valuable ideas. So keep an eye

out for these lessons alongside new interviews and other musings.

Today's episode is an excerpt from Kate Nelson's commune course, the Plastic Free Challenge,

which offers step-by-step guidance on how to reduce your dependency on plastic and

experience the incredible empowerment and health benefits that come

with this shift. A major win-win-win for your health, for humanity, and the planet. You can try

this program for free for five days at one commune.com slash plastic. This particular lesson discusses the seven different types of plastic.

You know, those little numbers stamped onto the bottom of all plastic products,

and how these categories may or really may not help with the recycling process.

Sad fact, did you know that of all the plastic produced worldwide since the 1950s, only

9% of that has been recycled.

Once you listen to how plastic recycling actually works, you'll see why reducing your use

is really the best option.

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