PLASTIC FREE JULY

 I learnt about PLASTIC FREE JULY four years ago around the time when I accidentally discovered the KONMARI method while searching for effective ways to pack my son's suitcase. 

WHAT IS Plastic Free July and WHO started it?

Plastic Free July is the initiative of the Plastic Free Foundation, an initiative started in 2011 by Rebecca Prince-Ruiz and her team of volunteers from the local government in Western Australia.

 Last year, an estimated 326 million people from across 177 countries took part in this initiative, one of them being yours truly. In a survey conducted after each campaign, they concluded that 8.5 out of 10 people change their lifestyle after the challenge and continue to practice plastic-free habits.

BE PART OF THE SOLUTION - TAKE THE CHALLENGE.


Go to the website:

https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/

Sign the PLEDGE. 

That's it. 

There's also a nifty Quiz that you can take in less than 5 minutes.

By taking the Plastic Free July Quiz, you will:
• help to track the trends in the common plastics that households use.
• discover for yourself all the plastics that ‘sneak’ into your shopping.
• set yourself up to measure your Plastic Free July success.

PLASTIC FREE JULY provides resources and ideas to help you reduce single-use plastic waste everyday at home, work, school and even in public places like cafés and restaurants. 


You can also read testimonials of people and groups that have started going plastic free and how it has impacted their lives. 

In an interview with Live For Less, one of the questions asked was answered by Rebecca thus: 






If you would like to read the entire interview please go to the link below:

https://www.liveforless.com.au/plastic-free-july-rebecca-prince-ruiz/

I was ok with the name Plastic Free but I always wondered, "WHY JULY?"

I got the answer while researching for this write-up. Rebecca was asked this same question and her answer was so simple that it made me smile.  Here it is: 

Why July?

Rebecca: Because that was the next month after we first decided to avoid single-use plastic back in 2011. 

Simple solutions to simple problems. Lets not get too complicated about it. 

So, 

Go to the website.

Sign the pledge. 

Get started on July 1. 

All the best. 

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