Take the 2-minute quiz to uncover where microplastics and the chemicals they carry may be sneaking into your everyday routine, and the simple changes that can help reduce your exposure.
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Your Plastic Exposure Level
Level 1of 4
Plastic-free1Lower2Moderate3Elevated4Higher
Plastic-free isn't on the scale. Nobody living a modern life gets there, which is why Level 1 is the best result there is.
Plastic Aware
Lower Everyday Exposure
You're already making a lot of really great choices that help limit your everyday exposure to plastic.
That doesn't mean your exposure is zero. At this point, none of us lives in a completely plastic-free world. But your answers show that you're avoiding many of the most common sources.
Keep doing what's working, then look for the few places plastic still shows up regularly. There may be one or two simple swaps that can lower your exposure even more.
Your next step: the free guide has more practical ways to keep reducing plastic without making your life harder.
Plastic Is in the Mix
Moderate Everyday Exposure
You're already avoiding some common sources of plastic, but it's still showing up in a few things you do every day.
You don't need to overhaul your life. Start with food, water and heat. A few small changes in those areas can lower how much plastic you come in contact with each day.
Pick one habit you repeat often and start there.
Your next step: the free guide has simple ways to lower your exposure.
Plastic Is Part of the Routine
Elevated Everyday Exposure
Plastic has a pretty regular place in your daily routine, often in ways that are easy to miss. This isn't about changing everything at once. Focus on the habits you repeat most, especially around food, water and heat. A few realistic swaps can start lowering your exposure without turning your whole life upside down.
Your first step: the free guide has simple, realistic ways to lower your everyday plastic exposure.
Plastic Is Everywhere
Higher Everyday Exposure
Your answers show that plastic touches quite a few parts of your day.
Honestly, welcome to modern life.
This score isn't meant to scare you or make you feel like you've been doing something wrong. We've never lived in a world with this much plastic woven into everyday life.
You don't need to replace everything overnight. Start with one habit involving food, water or heat. Once that change feels normal, move on to the next.
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Where most of your score comes from
No single habit stands out. Nicely done.
Drinking water
Filter your tap water and carry it in glass or stainless steel. Replacing bottled water is one of the biggest single swaps.
Hot drinks
Heat and plastic are a poor match. Bring a stainless or ceramic cup, brew loose-leaf tea, and skip plastic pods when you can.
Canned food and drinks
Most cans have a plastic-based lining. Reach for glass jars and bottles, or fresh and dried foods, when it's easy.
Plastic-wrapped meat and produce
Pick loose produce and paper-wrapped meat when the store offers them, and move food out of its plastic wrap when you get home.
Pre-packaged meals
Ready meals are often heated in the plastic tray they come in. Move them to a glass or ceramic dish first, and cook from fresh when it's easy.
Store receipts
Thermal receipt paper carries a bisphenol coating. Skip the paper receipt or ask for the emailed one.
Dental floss
Look for floss that is certified nontoxic. Silk and plant-based floss are easy to find.
Chewing gum
Most gum base is a synthetic polymer, and "natural" on the pack doesn't change that. Look for gum labeled plastic-free, or switch to mints.
Storing and heating food
Stop heating food in plastic first: reheat in glass or ceramic. Then move leftovers to glass or stainless steel as containers wear out.
Cookware
Retire scratched non-stick first. Stainless steel, cast iron and carbon steel last for decades.
Pods and air fresheners
Pods come wrapped in a dissolvable plastic film, and air fresheners add synthetic compounds to the air you breathe. Powder or liquid detergent and an open window do the same jobs.
Clothing
Synthetic fabrics shed fibers into the air and the wash. Favor cotton, linen and wool for the pieces you wear most.
New cars, travel and furnishings
New car interiors, synthetic furniture and carpet off-gas the most in their first months. Ventilate: crack the windows, air out a hot car before you get in, and keep fresh air moving through newly furnished rooms.
Where you live and work
You can't move the freeway, but you can keep outdoor dust out: shoes off at the door, a HEPA vacuum, and a HEPA air filter in the rooms you use most.
Reducing Exposure Is Only Half the Conversation
Plastic is part of modern life. Even when you make thoughtful swaps, you can't control everything you eat, drink, touch or breathe.
That's why WildType takes a two-part approach:
Reduce what you can. Support your body through what you can't.
The Plastic Defense Kit was created for the world we actually live in, with two formulas designed to support the body's natural defenses and elimination pathways every day.*
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Plastic is part of modern life. It's in our kitchens, closets, cars, bathrooms and even the air around us. You'll never avoid it completely, and you don't have to.
This quiz will help you see where your biggest sources of everyday exposure may be, so you can focus on the changes that matter most.
How the score works
Fourteen questions cover the everyday places plastic and plastic-related chemicals tend to show up: what you drink, how your food is packaged, stored and cooked, a few personal-care and household products, your clothes, your car and furnishings, and what's around your home. Most answers carry 0 to 4 points. On the three select-all questions, every item that applies adds its own points.
Habits you repeat daily, and habits that combine plastic with heat, food or water, carry the most points. A higher score means more everyday contact points. It is an estimate of exposure from your routine, not a measurement of what is in your body, and it is not a medical test.
What your level means
Level 1
Plastic Aware
Lower Everyday Exposure
Level 2
Plastic Is in the Mix
Moderate Everyday Exposure
Level 3
Plastic Is Part of the Routine
Elevated Everyday Exposure
Level 4
Plastic Is Everywhere
Higher Everyday Exposure
Quiz by Shanais Pelka, Co-founder & Product Formulator MS Herbal Medicine · MS Holistic Nutrition
