09/03/2026
Starting this week we encourage you to think about your use of plastic and adopt sustainable practices.
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Plastic is a huge part of the carbon cycle; 8% of the oil production worldwide is used to manufacture plastic. Although we may recycle plastic, the vast majority of it still gets burnt contributing to the climate crisis, polluting the air especially in those countries hit hardest by inequality, where a lot of it is sent to be burnt. It is also littering the world, killing animals and marine life.โฃ
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๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค (๐๐ญ๐ก-๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก) ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐ญ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฌ://๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ.๐๐จ๐ฆ/ Why not sign up and count your plastic for a week to help reveal the true scale of the UKโs plastic problem and help call for a fair future thatโs free from the impacts of the plastics crisis. There are tally sheets for you to use.โฃ
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You could then look at ways of reducing your plastic use. Simple ideas would be:โฃ
โข swap to solid products that require little or no packaging, e.g. soap bars and shampoo barsโฃ
โข swap sponges and โJ clothsโ for bamboo scrubbers and clothsโฃ
โข use reusable drinks bottlesโฃ
โข use reusable containers to store food instead of cling filmโฃ
โข avoid plastic bags and use plastic-free binbags.โฃ
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๐๐ณ๐ข๐บ: ๐๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ/๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ต; ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ญ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค, ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ช ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 4 ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐น๐ช๐ค ๐ง๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
