Green News Can you reduce your single use plastic?
A large proportion of single use packaging either cannot be recycled into the same material, or people just don’t and it is discarded as litter causing pollution and significant harm to wildlife on our land, rivers and oceans.
Can you undertake 3 ways to reduce your single use plastic?
There are many ways to reduce our single use plastic. Try some of these:Together we can help put an end to the single use plastic problem by cutting out small, everyday plastic use.
Why this action? Single use plastic packaging requires a large amount of energy and oil (a fossil fuel whose extraction contributes to climate change) for its production, compared to the value of its very short useful life. Once used, what to do with it?
GEORGINA MILLS MEMBER OF BOSTON SPA, WETHERBY AND VILLAGES COMMUNITY GREEN GROUP
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