Plastic usage and food waste looks set to be a big problem for the next generation.

There are plenty of ways to reduce the amount we consume, including reusable bags, wearing our clothes out before we throw them away and recycling.

As part of our Word on the Street feature, we ventured into Strand Street to ask people there for their views.

Abbie Sloane, from St John’s, said that she always tries to shop local because it’s better for the island’s farmers.

She said: ’I try and shop local mostly because that’s better for everyone in the Isle of Man and obviously for farmers.

’My dad is a farmer so he likes to look at the meat packets whenever I bring it back and he would be a bit offended if I didn’t buy Manx.

’I’ve got an orchard at my house, so we have our own vegetables most of the time.

’I do try and recycle, I’ve got a bin for plastics, and a bin for cans and I’ve got recycling bins down the road from me so I try and just recycle as best I can.’

Elaine and Guy Smith, from Andreas, have an allotment that grows all types of fruit and vegetables, an orchard and chickens.

Guy said: ’I’m growing tomatoes, cucumbers and chillies in my greenhouse.

’I’m growing onions at the moment they’re all ready and shallots, but they’ve all gone.

’We’re all electric now as well, so there’s no oil or gas, and we’ve got an electric car now.’

Elaine added: ’I always have my bags, I don’t do plastic.

’We’ve just converted a barn and we said we didn’t want any plastic in it all.

’So we’ve got wooden window panes, we reused all the bricks and the slates on the roof.

’But where we can and we try and do our bit.’

Rhodes Brown, 31, is a founding member of the Green Party in the island, so living sustainably is a part of his lifestyle.

He said: ’So I’m a vegetarian and I’m trying to reduce dairy as well.

’Obviously the problem we have on the high street and in the Isle of Man is you’ve got to make a choice between whether it’s in plastic, whether it’s local or whether it’s organic.

’Last year I gave up plastics for a month and essentially I had to go to six different shops to do a weekly shop which is not green in the slightest.

’We’ve got a couple of low food waste shops, Top Banana and Uncle Fills, that give you the loose nuts, pastas, couscous, that kind of thing, so it’s important to use that and take your own canvas food bags and jars.

’But you have to shop around to get there. There is no one-stop shop which would be ideal but you do your best.’

Caitlin Gelder, 20, and Daniel Smith, 19, are more conscious about where their clothes come from, rather than their food.

Caitlin said: ’On the Isle of Man it’s quite hard to find clothes .

’Although there’s a load of vintage shops that have just opened, so that’s good. I’ve not been in them yet.’

Daniel said he tries to wear his clothes as much as possible before handing them down to his younger siblings.

He added: ’Sometimes I want to shop cheaply and that’s not an option here so I have to buy them online and obviously getting it here is not very green.

’In terms of food, I just eat what my mum buys me basically.

’I find that if I buy local meat it’s better - I know where it’s come from and I know that it’s properly sourced and things like that.’