Nelson gears up for Plastic Free July

As part of our World Environment Day Facebook competition we received almost 200 pledges from people giving up some form of plastic for the day or who were already making efforts to avoid single-use plastic as part of everyday life.

Here are some great examples for those of you looking for inspiration for Plastic Free July:

• ‘Take your travel mugs onto your flights so you can receive a drink in them instead of a single use plastic cup’
• ‘I’ll be avoiding plastic produce bags by taking my own homemade reusable mesh bags to the supermarket’
• ‘I’ve just started a monthly subscription to bamboo toothbrushes!’
• ‘Not using plastic bags at all, and forever if I can help it!’
• ‘Our next focus is taking our own takeaway containers’
• ‘No more plastic food wrap, just wax wraps’
• ‘Leaving a reusable box in my office for takeaway lunches at work’
• ‘Reusable coffee cup, it’s too easy to buy coffee on the run and throw the cups away so I will be purchasing a reusable’

There were lots more good ideas in the entries to the competition on 5 June on our Facebook page. Renee Williamson, who gave up “everything plastic” for the day won the first prize, taking home some reusable goodies. There were also spot prizes of reusable straws won by Sandy Brown and Adrienne Ford.