Plastic Free July

In California, a positive step has been taken to reduce this commonly littered item! Starting January 1, 2025, the state has banned most expanded plastic “foam” (also known as styrofoam or polystyrene) food containers, eliminating up to 3.9 billion items of foam annually. 🌍 Los Angeles has implemented a ban on the sale or distribution of Styrofoam, contributing to the city's “zero-waste” goal. Alternatives like paper, fibre-based materials, and tinfoil will replace foam products. By bringing their own reusable containers, people can go one step further and avoid single-use altogether! California's 2022 law, SB 54, aims to reduce single-use plastics by 25% within a decade and ensure all plastic foodware is recyclable or compostable, a good next step to reducing plastic waste.   #PlasticFreeJuly #ChooseToRefuse #PFJ #PlasticFreeJuly2025 #reduceplasticwaste #PlasticFreePledge #plasticavoidance #PlasticFreeFoundation #SmallStepsBigDifference

Continuing to find new alternatives to single-use plastic and creating new habits beyond Plastic Free July is a powerful way to make a lasting impact on our environment. 🌍 While the month of July serves as a great starting point for change, the habits and changes started during this time can easily extend into the rest of the year. Whether it’s swapping one (or more 😉) single-use plastics for reusables, making mindful purchasing decisions, or encouraging others to join, every step contributes to a making a big difference. 💚 #PlasticFreeJuly #ChooseToRefuse #PFJ #PlasticFreeJuly2025

🎉 In 2024 year, Plastic Free July participants made a huge impact, together avoiding an impressive 2,900 million kgs of waste. 🌏💚 As we move into 2025, let's keep taking small steps, doing what we can, inspiring each other, and together driving for bigger change. Our small steps are creating a powerful movement, encouraging businesses and policy makers to take action. Here’s to another year of progress and positive impact! 🌿 Thank you to you all for being part of the solution! #PlasticFreeJuly #ChooseToRefuse #PFJ #PlasticFreeJuly2024 #reduceplasticwaste #plasticavoidance #PlasticFreeFoundation 

For the third year in a row, staff from professional services company EY in Poland joined the Plastic Free July challenge, and their commitment to reducing plastic waste is inspiring! 🌍💚 The team kicked off with some eye-opening workshops: • The “Zero Waste Academy” helped them uncover the truth behind plastic myths and provided practical tips for reducing plastic use. • A “Personal Plastic Audit” helped each team member identify and reduce plastic waste in their everyday lives. Afterwards, the team put their knowledge into practice, they organised cleanups in Wrocław and Warsaw to remove plastic from local streets. They also organised a field trip to a waste management plant that provided valuable insights into recycling and waste education! Way to go! 🙌🏼 Together, they are making a real difference—one piece of plastic at a time! 🌎✨ Thank you for being part of the solution. #PlasticFreeJuly #ChooseToRefuse #PFJ #PlasticFreeJuly2024 #reduceplasticwaste #plasticavoidance #PlasticFreeFoundation #SmallStepsBigDifference

What an incredible year it has been for Plastic Free July, with 170 million people taking part! 🌿💚 We're so grateful for all the small steps people have taken in their daily lives, together it is adding up to make a big difference. Participants shared a variety of stories, including refusing plastic bags, switching from plastic food wrap, avoiding unnecessary packaging, buying in bulk, to running workshops, organising a reusable cup library at work, and writing letters to brands advocating for change. As well as millions of individuals and households we also saw participation from schools in India to cafes in New Zealand, not-for-profits in Kenya, banks from Australia to Pakistan, corporate offices in Amsterdam, hotels in Hong Kong, and dentists in Wales. Plastic Free July invites everyone, everywhere, to join in. As a result, July has become recognised as the global month of action for plastics! 🌍 If you’ve taken part this year and want to share your story to inspire others, we’d love to hear from you! Whether it’s small steps or big changes, every action makes a difference. Submit your story on our website and let’s continue to make a positive impact together. 🌍 https://lnkd.in/gdMtQVt #PlasticFreeJuly #ChooseToRefuse #PFJ #PlasticFreeJuly2024 JS Bank Brunel

This year, Art4You Gallery in the UAE took the challenge to new heights by hosting a series of creative and engaging events that focused on sustainable solutions Throughout July, the gallery organised sustainability-themed art activations, including live painting, exhibitions, and a plastic-free morning tea and networking event. Each event aimed to spark cultural shifts towards reducing plastic use and to encourage a fresh look at production, consumption, and artistic methods. Their work not only brought the community together but also raised important awareness about ocean plastic pollution and the need for more sustainable choices. Thank you, Art4You Gallery, for turning creativity into action and making a positive impact! 💚🌱 Jesno Jackson #PlasticFreeJuly #ChooseToRefuse #PFJ #PlasticFreeJuly2024

Plastic Free July 2024 has once again made history, emerging as the largest plastic action campaign on the planet! With a remarkable 174 million people participating worldwide, 390 million kgs plastic avoided (and 29% of global consumers aware of the challenge), 2024 is our biggest year yet!   You can read more about the impacts of this year’s campaign and how small steps are making a big difference in our 2024 Impact Report - https://lnkd.in/gZwA4fXg. The report includes results of our evaluation on behaviour change, waste avoided and participation as well as inspiring stories of change from individuals and organisations who are taking action to reduce plastic waste for a cleaner future. Thanks to everyone who has taken part and made a difference, not only have you made a measurable difference by avoiding waste but together creating the cultural change that builds momentum for the systemic change by business and government. Special thanks also to our NGO and community partners, our 2024 Impact Partner Endeavour Group, our official Council Members, Program Partners CSIRO and WWF-Australia, and research partner Ipsos.   Headline Results from Plastic Free July 2024: - At least 174 million participants around the world - Over 190 countries represented by participants with the top 7 countries globally (in order of participation) being: China, Indonesia, USA, Germany, India, United Kingdom and Brazil - Participants reduced their waste and recycling by 16kg per person per year (3.8% less waste), read just a few stories of how they did this here - Globally, in 2024, participants reduced their total household waste by 2,900 million kgs, including 390 million kgs of plastic - 3,300 online pieces of news media generated, with a global potential media reach of 7 billion people.   We are working on some exciting plans for next year, our 15th anniversary campaign and are looking for global partners to help amplify our impact, please let us know if your organisation is interested! #PlasticFreeJuly #EndPlasticPollution #SmallStepsBigDifference Dan Dragovic Leesa Muirhead Katrina Edillor Justin Bonsey Aimee O'Hare Peter Faulkner

🌱 Sharing some popular ideas to make the workplace kitchen a little greener.   Some people start by taking stock of any single-use plastics lurking in cupboards and drawers—it’s amazing what a quick inventory can reveal. From there its easy to start small by picking just one item to swap out first.   Instead of single-use replacements like cardboard or “compostable” items, setting up a system of reusable options such as a “mug library” makes it easy for everyone to choose reusables. Other businesses relace plastic backaged snacks with healthy fruit that is purchased “loose” and some buy snacks from local bulk food stores.   Thanks EthicalJobs.com.au and Metis Engineering Ltd for being part of the solution. For more inspiration, we’ve got plenty of ideas on our website! 🌍https://lnkd.in/g7Ftz7q    #PlasticFreeJuly #ChooseToRefuse #PFJ #PlasticFreeJuly2024 #reduceplasticwaste #plasticavoidance #PlasticFreeFoundation #SmallStepsBigDifference

🌍🌱 Shoutout to Brunel Foundation for their inspiring commitment to sustainability during Plastic Free July! Once again, staff from the global recruitment company, headquartered in the Netherlands, made a real impact by reducing single-use plastics across their workplace as well as in daily life. By switching to reusable lunch boxes and water bottles from Mepal | Certified B Corp, the team took simple yet powerful steps to cut down plastic waste. These simple switches encourage a culture of sustainability and sets an example of how small actions can create new habits and lead to big change.🌿 Together, let’s continue building eco-friendly habits for a cleaner, greener world without plastic waste. 💚 Huge thanks to Brunel for being part of the solution and participating in Plastic Free July, and to Mepal for providing the durable, sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic. 💪 #PlasticFreeJuly #ChooseToRefuse #PFJ #PlasticFreeJuly2024 #reduceplasticwaste #plasticavoidance #PlasticFreeFoundation #SmallStepsBigDifference

Did you try out Plastic Free July for the first time this year, or invite a friend to take part? 🌱 🌎We're here to help communities, businesses and government take action to reduce plastic waste and we want to hear from YOU. 💚 Whether it's tips for overcoming challenges or ideas for convenient alternatives, your input is invaluable to us. What ideas, tools or resources would help you to take your next step to reduce single-use plastics?? Please let us know in the comments below! 🌍💬 #PlasticFreeJuly #ChooseToRefuse #PFJ #PlasticFreeJuly2024 #reduceplasticwaste