July’s Top Tip

This month……………..Boost your waste-free journey by taking part in Plastic Free July

In connection with the climate crisis, I think most people today are equally aware of the impact of plastic pollution on the planet we inhabit. Taking years and years to break down, being ingested by living things including humans, trapping wildlife and ruining natural landscapes, plastics don’t do a whole lot of good for the environment. If used over and over again for in our lifetimes, plastic can be a very efficient and low emitting material if kept in use, but to reduce the impact of plastic pollution, we need to seriously reduce the amount of single-use plastic we consume. We know all this, right? So if you need some extra help making the transition, Plastic Free July is what you need…..

Launched by the Plastic Free Foundation, Plastic Free July is a campaign to help us all identify where we add to the problem and where we can be part of the solution. You can start by signing up to this month’s challenge, and then take their quiz to better understand your own plastic habits. Instant ideas for a plastic free life you can implement this month include:

• Buying/using reusable on the go items like water bottles, coffee cups and straws
• Properly recycling plastic products, like clothes or packaging, to avoid plastic in landfill or as litter
• Locate your nearest waste-free/refill shop and take refillable containers for your food and household needs – makes a very aesthetic cupboard set up too!

Just reducing your plastic consumption will not solve all environmental problems, but it is definitely a step we need to take alongside our carbon neutral and sustainability goals. Signing up to this campaign this July should help give you some useful ideas and motivation around reducing your plastic use so that as a collective we can cut our society’s addiction to plastic and leave our natural world in a better shape 🌍