What is Plastic Free July? Plastic Free July (Plastic Free July – Be Part of the Plastic Pollution Solution) is a challenge for people to refuse single-use plastics for the month of July. The challenge began in 2011 and has gone on to have over 100 million participants in 190 countries. What events do we […]
To support the PlasticFreeUoS campaign, a MA Visual Communication student Jessica Robinson from the University of Salford School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology has made a series of brilliant posters to raise awareness of the issues related to single use plastics. You can find them around the Peel Park campus. The posters highlight that […]
We all know plastics are a huge problem. There are tons of single-use plastics that go onto landfills or into the ocean every day, and these then break into microplastics. The tiny particles end up in our blood, the food we eat, and even the air! There are ways to reduce plastic waste though, and […]
Zero waste is a simple concept that focuses on re-using items as much as possible to reduce the amount of waste that we create. Waste has become a huge problem that has a very damaging impact on the environment. Plastic pollution especially has gained attention as one of worst types of waste we create, due […]
Reducing our use of single use plastics can seem daunting at first, but in reality all it takes to start is some simple lifestyle changes. And what better time to do that than Plastic Free July! Single use plastics are all around us and while some of them are necessary for safety or hygiene, there […]