PLASTIC SUBCOMMITTEE
PLASTIC SUBCOMMITTEE
Join our plastic subcommittee zoom meeting once a month!!
What do we do?
#Breakfreefromplastic
Share your ideas, we want to know your thoughts about reducing plastic pollution!
We have worked on different social media campaigns, research, audit material, and more to come!
social media campaigns:
plastic free july
plastic free alternatives
see all posts on our facebook and instagram!
brand audit:
home brand audit
Home Brand Audit! After you fill out and submit your data card to Ann Marie Hunter via email: annemarie.hunter28@gmail.com by September 30th, we have some additional steps you can take to help turn off the tap on plastic! Resources below.
return to sender program
Participate in the global “Return to Sender” movement! After you finish collecting a week’s worth of plastic and sort the items by brand, group them together and ship them back to the corporation responsible for producing the plastic pollution.
We’ve provided letters for you to send these companies to tell them that while you like their product, you don’t want the plastic packaging and they need to take responsibility for the plastic pollution they’ve produced -- and they need to stop producing more of it. You can include these letters in your packages of plastic waste when you send them back to the companies or send the letters by themselves! All resources below.
what's coming:
Our next meeting is Thursday, October 8th at 7:00pm. Please contact Nannette Trinkaus to join us.
We will be discussing:
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Brand Audit data results
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Certification/rating systems for our town’s businesses
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Film packaging - where does it go after customers drop it off at Stop&Shop and Shoprite
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Clear clam shell packaging – research alternatives
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Start researching Fast Fashion pollution