PlasticFreeTuesday

Plastic packaging waste from the largest retailer on the planet ballooned to 709 million pounds globally in 2021 — equivalent to the weight of some 70,000 killer whales, a new report found. bit.ly/3BDfB1k

Individual behaviour change is an integral part of creating systemic change. This illustration by @sarahLazarovic is a perfect representation of just that. Read more in our blog: bit.ly/3fgvWjO

People around the world are normalising reusables 💙🌏

All living creatures deserve to live in a world free from plastic pollution & its toxic impacts. 🐢 #ShiftTheSystem #PlasticPollutes #BreakFreeFromPlastic ow.ly/eczh50KjmBR

Plastic can take hundreds of years to break down – and we keep making more | Kim Heacox theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Look what is coming to my town! #Refillable olive oil and balsamic vinegar! ⁦@JustZeroOrg⁩

While waiting for the ferry, I picked up a bag of trash and a half bag of recyclables. I'm doing this for the children, Elders and the next 7 generations.

"My usual stop at our local coffee house, with my #reusable coffee mug. This was gifted to me 2 years ago & has been utilised every week day since, saving 288 disposable coffee cups. Impressive stat for 1 small change". #HuntsWasteBusters #UpCup @PlasticFreeJuly #Reuse #Refill

Day 23! 🗑️Reducing and avoiding single-use plastic is the best choice to help end plastic waste. But once plastic waste has already found its way into our environment, picking it up is the next choice! Discover how to make cleanups count: plasticfreejuly.org/blog/making-cl… #PlasticFreeJuly

There is simply too much plastic being made for the world to dispose of it sustainably. We can't recycle our way out of this problem, we must reduce the amount of single-use plastic being produced.

Day 21! Bringing your own reusable alternatives can make a huge impact to help end plastic waste—especially when millions of people do it! Popular reusable takeaway containers are bento boxes, tiffins, and all shapes and sizes of glass and metal containers.#PlasticFreeJuly

How do you go #PlasticFree without buying a thing? Let us know in the comments below. 👇 #PlasticPollutes #DIY #BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticFreeJuly 📸 Brenna Quinlan

Not to mention that the spoon will then sit in a landfill for hundreds of years. #PlasticFreeJuly #PlasticPollution

Britons dispose of nearly 100bn pieces of plastic annually. Only 12% is likely to end up being ♻️. The rest becomes pollution via landfill, incineration, or being exported abroad, eventually contaminating our water, our food, even the air we breathe. theguardian.com/environment/20…

On O'ahu, Hawai'i, Starbucks has added a 50 cent charge for every disposable cup. @Starbucks, why not make this universal for all stores?

More food for thought on #PlasticFreeTuesday and #AmazonPrimeDay (author unknown)

A great reminder from @MoralFibres as we approach #AmazonPrimeDay

With #AmazonPrimeDay approaching, a great reminder from @sarahLazarovic

Consumers need options and systems that embrace plastic-free principles: refill, regenerate, repair, share, reuse, and refuse single-use! 🌱 What other solutions can help solve plastic pollution? Share your ideas below. 💡🤔 #PlasticPollutes #BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticFreeJuly