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I have tried to provide a brief write up of each project or at least stolen them from other better organised people. I have contacted most of the project below and some of these people hve been kind enough to send me their own write ups - follow the read more link to read more or check out the who’s who.
If you want your anti plastic project, waste busting, dumpster diving project featured in the Plastic Free Who’s Who do this now – we would love to have you
I am also building a collection of links on Twitter if you care to follow me there
PLASTIC BOYCOTTERS
Bloggers who have sworn off plastic
Europe
In Uk there is
Plastic isn’t nice. We won’t rid the earth of plastic over night, but we can make our voices heard, so those who produce this highly versatile yet dangerous material…..read more read more here
Fantastic No Plastic (finished)
Leave only Footprints that’s me
BBC’s A Month Without Plastic (finished)
Living Plastic Free (year three)
The plastic diaries Mrs Green writes …Isabel, from Cornwall UK runs The plastic diaries, along with partner Bron. They started in 2009 after reading ‘The World Without Us’ by Alan Weisman. Isabel was shocked and disgusted after reading the chapter on plastic and realised just how harmful the extraction, processing and dumping of plastic was on the environment.
Holland
World
Tunisia
Malta
Reduce Plastic waste Mrs Green writes – Over in Malta, Martin from Reduce Plastic waste has made the conscious decision to reduce the amount of plastic he uses since May 2007. He charts his progress and shares his discoveries.
USA
responsibleplastic - I became “aware” of plastics this year. Following the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit back in December of 2009, I realized that change is necessary, and so my New Year’s Resolution was to eliminate single-use plastics from my life. …read more
PlasticLess NYC – I am a classical singer living in New York City and blogging about plastic- specifically, reducing my own use of it, especially single use plastics- from a New York perspective.read more
Citizen Green –Mrs Green writes “Citizen Green from Indiana has been reducing plastic since June 2008 and was originally motivated to eliminate single-use plastics from her life by her son who worked for the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. In February, 2008, the crew of the research ship, Alguita, sailed across the Pacific, through the North Pacific gyre to sample the plastic debris in the seawater. Through this awareness, Citizen Green decided to become a more mindful consumer and has been blogging ever since.
Envirowoman is amazing – not only has she given up all plastic all at once – she keeps all the plastic she has used in her living room. Yes I know. And theres hardly any of it. How does she do it?
Fake Plastic Fish Mrs Green writes of Beth She has been blogging about reducing plastic since June 2007 after being inspired by Envirowoman’s blog “Living plastic free”. Like us, she was motivated after seeing some of the devastating effects plastic waste can have on marine life. Beth has 4 main goals including the education of others, which she does wonderfully through her regularly updated site.
Avoiding Plastic one purchase at a time
Canada
Zero Waste
Those who want to throw nothing away
In the Uk
My Zero Waste Featured on BBC Breakfast and in national and international press, My Zero Waste helps consumers reduce their landfill waste. The family set themselves a challenge in 2009 to create just one bin of rubbish for the year. During 2010 they plan to send NOTHING to landfill by reusing, composting and recycling all they can, along with making changes to shopping habits…. read more
The Rubbish Diet a snapshot of one woman’s attempt to dramatically reduce her family’s rubbish in just eight weeks. The blog aims to spread awareness of the need to reduce waste and provides practical solutions and ideas to help others take the challenge too.
New Zealand
there is the Rubbish Free From February 2008 to February 2009 we challenged ourselves to a Rubbish Free Year! The aim was to avoid creating as little landfill waste as possible from our home in Christchurch, New Zealand. Whereas most Kiwi couples send about 1.5 tons of waste to the landfill each year, that year we sent just 2kg, it all fitted in a supermarket bag! Read more about their project in their own words here.
USA
365 days of trash is the story of one man and his bin and a year of throwing nothing away – the resources are American the sentiment global.
Ban the Bottle
Water that is
GIVE ME TAP has created the UK’s first free water refilling network, starting in Manchester, which enables owners of our specially-branded GiveMeTap aluminium bottle to top up with free water on the go, from a network of cafes and restaurant – read more.
Pressure Groups
Campaiging against plastic pollution
5 gyres Yet more of those pesky rubbish islands floating round in the sea. This is a funky new web page suggests that we should do something about it right now….STOP USING PLASTIC. Got lots of lovely links
The Junk Raft They wanted to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the ocean so they sailed round the world on a raft made from plastic bottles. Those crazy kids did it- well done you.
Agalita Marine Research Foundation
Campaign Against The Plastic Plague
Ban the Bag
Plastic bags that is
USA
bag monster
Bahrain
Plastic Bag Free Towns
Uk
Hebden Bridge
Salisbury http://www.salisburyplasticfree.org
Garbloggers
Talking trash
Cleaning Up
Beach Clean Ups
Uk
Get ready for the September beach clean up -read more
Australia
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