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Therefore, I stopped using plastic bags and to go to the market I use a tote bag to carry things and food; I only use biodegradable and compostable bags for garbage. In addition, two weeks later neighbors started observing that my family did not like to ask for a plastic bag to the sellers in the market and we only used tote bags. At the beginning, everybody thought we were crazy, but with time more neighbors started using the tote bags and to make a bigger environmental impact sellers decided to charge for the plastic bags, so at the end anyone would like to pay for many plastic bags and were forced to use tote bags. As result, my lifestyle choice influenced an entire community protecting the environment with the reduction of the plastic