Answer Questions and Fill Out Crosswords To Help Them Pick Up Plastic From The Ocean:

https://www.freetheocean.com/

Product To Reduce Plastic Consumption:

https://earthbreeze.com/

#TeamBioSci is engineering microbes to create the starting materials for a new type of infinitely recyclable plastics called PDKs
@berkeleylab

#PlasticFreeJuly

https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2023/07/31/utilizing-bacteria-to-make-infinitely-recyclable-with-renewable-materials/

It’s #PlasticFreeJuly! DYK when garbage is littered on the ground, rain and wind often carry it into storm drains, streams, canals, and rivers? Mismanaged trash can create a wide range of problems. Learn about aquatic trash and what you can do to help. https://epa.gov/trash-free-waters/learn-about-aquatic-trash#1
U.S. EPA Water @EPAwater

Eight million metric tons...that's how much plastic is estimated to enter the ocean every year!
Have you downloaded EPA’s Debris Tracker— an app that citizen scientists make a difference by contributing data on plastic pollution in your community? U.S. EPA Water @EPAwater
#PlasticFreeJuly

A delicious way to celebrate #PlasticFreeJuly

"...the U.S. has the opportunity to establish Plastic Pollution Awareness Month, which is a step forward in empowering Americans to take action to end plastic pollution."— Jackie Nuñez,
@plasticpollutes
#PlasticFreeJuly #PlasticPollutes
https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/blog/2024/7/11/u-s-policymakers-urge-fellow-americans-to-take-plastic-pollution-action-month-this-july

Hey #parents and #youth and #ZeroWaste folks, what are your favourite low-waste party favours for elementary-aged kids?

Bonus level: tell me how you eliminated goodie bags in a way kids actually enjoyed

Companies like Coca-Cola sell about 1 billion single-use plastic bottles in New Zealand EVERY YEAR.

A BILLION throwaway plastic bottles. Every year.

We used Eden Park to show what that looks like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQiUxItqNAI&ab_channel=GreenpeaceAotearoaVideo

Join the Plastic Free July challenge!

https://globalactionplan.ie/blogs/join-the-plastic-free-july-challenge/

Are you taking part in #PlasticFreeJuly?

Take the challenge to help reduce plastic pollution and demonstrate that there are alternatives which we can work into our everyday lives!

We're committed to a greener globe and would love to hear about what you've given up in the Environment Community on the Newsmast app, or on the @environment Feed.

You can find out more about Plastic Free July and sign up for the challenge here: https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/

A billion plastic bottles fill Eden Park stadium for Plastic Free July https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/plastic-free-july-billion-bottles-eden-park-cgi-video/?utm_medium=share&utm_content=postid-64459&utm_source=mastodon

“#Plastics are one of the greatest threats facing our #planet today. We are not going to #recycle our way out of this problem.” Consider participating in #PlasticFreeJuly. It’s kind of like Dry January only you start slow and have lots wiggle room (reducing our dependence on plastics ain’t easy:).

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis
#Pollution
https://wapo.st/4cHmpL4

Plastic Free July ideas.

Plastic, in its diverse forms, is so very ubiquitous. Kitchen and bathroom and my hardest-to-deal-with areas. What are yours? How are you able to change your usage and disposal of plastic?

https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/get-involved/what-you-can-do/

What are your tips for reducing plastics use? Or resources with good info? I've been working on this for a while (most recent change: bar shampoo and conditioner instead of plastic bottles), but I'm always looking for new ideas!

#AskFedi #PlasticPollution #plastics #plasticWaste #plasticfreeJuly #plasticfree @plasticpollution

#plasticfreeJuly is training for #plasticfreeAugust https://health4earth.com/2023/07/22/lets-end-the-age-of-plastic/

I was too busy this month to do #PlasticFreeJuly posts daily like I've done the past few summers, but on the last day of the month, here's a post about why it's not your fault that you don't know how to recycle plastic (there are no national standards and your local ones are probably confusing).

There is something you can do, though. You can reduce your use of single-use plastics. 1/2

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/31/how-recycle-plastic-labels/

To mark Plastic Free July, why not make one of these commitments to reduce the amount of plastic in your life?

#plasticfreeJuly https://health4earth.com/2023/07/22/lets-end-the-age-of-plastic/ #climatecrisis