Could you live without plastic for a month? That’s the challenge from the Western Earth Carers.
Plastic is ubiquitous in our lives, but if you saw our screening of Bag It last year, or have heard about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, you’d be well aware, it’s not all plastic fantastic! Not to mention the needless waste of resources and contribution to land fill.
What can you do about it? Of course we should recycle, but it’s much more powerful not to buy the stuff in the first place. So here’s a great opportunity to give plastic the boot:
The Challenge
- Attempt to buy no single use disposable plastic in July for 1 day, 1 shopping trip, 1 week or 1 month
The Rules
- Between 1 – 31 July, attempt to buy no plastic packaging. (Remember it’s not going to be easy, but its a challenge, not a competition so don’t worry about being perfect.)
- Collect any plastic packaging you do buy. Keep it in a ‘dilemma bag’ and share a photograph at the end of the challenge.
Are you up to it?
It’s not too late, sign up on the Plastic Free July website or Facebook page
There is lots of great advice, with events all month.
Also, check out the videos and tips by Olive on Blonde
We might even try to organise a local get together to share our successes and challenges in August
Transition Town Guildford 