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The new mom, 30, tells PEOPLE how her 7-month-old son Rhodes inspired her to take the Plastic Free July challenge. With the help ofGrove Collaborative, a sustainable product line.“That was definitely the most eye-opening, having a child,” she says of her little one, who she welcomed in late December with partnerGarrett Hedlund, 36. “Where before, I’m operating in the world on my own and I’m just kind of thinking about what’s right for me. And when you have a kid, it’s like, wait, how old is he going to be in the year 2050? What’s the world going to look like?”
“For me, I definitely wanted to educate myself more on what I should be doing,” she explains.
TheScream Queensactress went completely plastic-free for a week, she says, and has made several small but significant life changes to reduce her plastic usage permanently, including cooking more instead of ordering out, keeping a reusable cup for her daily coffee and cleaning out the “no man’s land for crap” under her kitchen sink. “It definitely takes more time to be mindful and to clear out your kitchen and your bathroom of products that are not sustainable,” Roberts says.
Emma Roberts with son Rhodes Robert.Emma Roberts/instagram
One area she’s looking to make even more changes is in the products she uses with Rhodes.
“Since becoming a mom, it’s really looking into what the ingredients are in my products,” she continues. “And so with Grove, I was really excited that their cleaning products not only are they refillable, reusable, but they have great ingredients in them.”
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With theworsening effects of climate changemore apparent than ever and governments taking action on environmental issues, Roberts feels even the small things make a difference if we do them together. It’s an attainable goal “if everybody collectively shifts their mindset,” she says.
source: people.com
