Sustainability
Plastic Free July
Plastic Facts
- Every item of plastic that has ever been created is stil with us on the planet today.
- We use 20 million plastic water bottles per day.
- Plastic is a material made to last forever, yet 33 percent of all plastic - water bottles, bags and strawk31 days of plastic reduction tips on our Instagram and FB page
- s to the depths of the ocean. In our oceans alone, plastic debris outweighs zooplankton by a ratio of 36-to-1.
- 12 minutes is the average useful lifetime of plastics.
- Americans discard more than 30 million tons of plastic a year. Only 8 percent gets recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, is burned or becomes litter.
Source: Plastic Pollution Coalition
Plastic Footprint Calculators
Learn More
Videos:
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Netflix A Plastic Ocean
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PBS NewsHour the Plastic Problem
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation Solving Plastic Pollution | Narrated by Sir David Attenborough & Dame Ellen MacArthur
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The Story of Stuff Project The Story of Plastic
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National Geographic Are You Eating Plastic for Dinner?
Organizations:
- a non-profit dedicated to ending plastic pollution and fostering sustainable communities worldwide Plastic Oceans International
- non-profit marine conservation organization that aims to reduce plastic pollution Plastic Soup Foundation
- dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s ocean, waves and beaches Surfrider Foundation
- global alliance of more than 1,200 organizations, businesses, and thought leaders in 75 countries working toward a world free of plastic pollution Plastic Pollution Coalition
- non-profit environmental advocacy group that helps formulate ocean policy at the federal and state government levels Ocean Conservancy
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