PlasticFreeScotland

It's just not sustainable anymore. So we hope you have a wonderful New Year when it comes, and we'll keep this PFS group open for now if people want to use it to speak to each other. facebook.com/groups/1999150…

** Plastic Free Scotland Announcement ** After a lot of thought, we've decided to stop Plastic Free Scotland. This year has been hard for so many reasons, but even before that we struggled to get people interested in campaigning and volunteering with us.

Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé named top plastic polluters for third year in a row! #plasticpollution theguardian.com/environment/20…

Have you voted yet? gcop.scot/scottish-pollu…

Over 1,600 people have told the Scottish Government to ban single-use plastic items such as cutlery, balloon sticks and straws. Have you taken action yet? act.foe.scot/tell-scottish-…

Tesco has removed more than 20m pieces of #singleuseplastic from its Christmas range this year including crackers, lights, cards and the packaging for puddings. theguardian.com/business/2020/…

What kind of Christmas tree will you be putting up this year? 🎄 theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Do you think single-use plastic items should come with an additional cost? #plasticpollution pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberde…

📢 LIVE WORKSHOP - MAKE YOUR OWN REUSABLE FACE COVERING 📅 11 December 2020 ⏰ 1400 – 1430 👉 zws.scot/facecoveringwo… #ReuseBeatsSingleUse Marine Conservation Society   Keep Scotland Beautiful

More than 1600 tonnes of single-use face coverings could spend "hundreds of years" in Scotland’s landfill sites if our habits do not change in the next four months, it has been warned. #plasticpollution heraldscotland.com/news/18907553.…

The #WeChooseReuse campaign has launched! We need systemic change in order to move away from single-use plastic and our disposable culture. Let’s start by COMMITTING to reuse. We want reuse systems to be put in place NOW! Sign the Commitment! bit.ly/36QjMGI

Humans now known to have polluted Earth from deepest ocean to highest peak! #plasticpollution theguardian.com/environment/20…

Don’t forget your reusable mask when leaving your home! With COVID-19 not going away any time soon, let’s protect both people & planet by choosing to reuse, based on science 👉 bit.ly/2P4bUcd #breakfreefromplastic

It’s open until 4th January and it’s important that as many people as possible tell the Scottish Government that we need action to tackle #plasticpollution in Scotland. #Ad @ZeroWasteScot

If you would also like to see Scotland ban these environmentally harmful single-use items then please take part in the @ScotGov consultation. #Ad @ZeroWasteScot consult.gov.scot/zero-waste-del…

Plastic pollutes at every stage of its lifecycle from the resources needed to produce it to the end of life products that we see littering our environment. That’s why I’m having #MySayOnSingleUse. @ZeroWasteScot #Ad

The #WeChooseReuse campaign has launched! We need systemic change in order to move away from single-use plastic and our disposable culture. Let’s start by COMMITTING to reuse. We want reuse systems to be put in place NOW! Sign the Commitment! bit.ly/36QjMGI

Great work by the @LeithCollective to ban all new plastic in its store from 1st January 2021! 🙌 #plasticfree thenational.scot/news/18875268.…

A new multimillion pound study by @StirUni is aiming to understand the public health risks and environmental impact of #plasticpollution in developing countries. stir.ac.uk/news/2020/nove…