Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and most importantly: Refuse
The Plastic Free Foundation is helping millions of people around the globe take part in limiting their use of plastic. Plastic Free July is a key initiative of the Plastic Free Foundation, challenging people to refuse single-use plastics for the month of July. The nonprofit has resources for anyone at any point in their journey, whether you’re just starting out or on your way to cutting out plastic for good.
Start your Journey
The movement has inspired 250 million participants in 177 countries hosting events and making changes in their own lives to move toward a plastic free lifestyle. Their website is full of ideas and resources to get you started on your journey and take action to protect our planet and all of the species that call it home.
“Plastic Free July inspires me to step up my commitment to reducing single-use plastic in my daily life and on tour. A great first step is to commit to using reusable water bottles. I’m also working with the music industry (artists, venues, festivals and fans) to reduce plastic waste through the BYOBottle campaign”.
Jack Johnson- Musician, Plastic Free July Ambassador & 1% for the Planet member
Making a Splash in Schools around the Globe
Plastic Free July has also been a major hit with schools. 12,756 people who have signed up to take the Plastic Free July challenge indicated they either wanted to take part at school, make changes at school or take the challenge into their school.
For many years, Liz participated in Plastic Free July as an individual. She started to notice the ways that her school could make changes to work toward becoming plastic free, and decided to start with her school’s cafeteria. Soon, students, teachers, and parents were all enthusiastically eliminating plastic use and taking the plastic free challenge all year long.
“I was amazed by the number of students who really jumped on board, especially with the single use plastic bags,” Liz said. “Many of the students are obviously very well informed, both through school curriculum, media and parents. Once we started, we found so many more options where we could recycle or reduce our plastic waste”.
