Action Against Litter Newsletter – Issue 8
Refill
The Refill app is free for anyone to download, and enables you to tap into a global network of places to reduce, reuse and refill. With 300,000 Refill stations, offering refills for water, coffee, food containers and plastic-free shopping, and 100 million pieces of plastic avoided to date, refilling has the power to create a wave of change and stop plastic pollution at source.
Don’t forget, there are now refill water stations at beaches in Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate.
Sustainable Christmas
If you are thinking about making Christmas more sustainable, the sustainably lazy blog offers eco-friendly tips for reducing waste over the festive period.
Read
For adults
Litter: How Other People’s Rubbish Shapes Our Lives
William Dalrymple
What does it mean when a country tips its rubbish anywhere it likes? This short, brief book sifts through the excesses of Britain’s public rubbish with dry wit and analyses what it says about us and the meaning of life. Have we really become barbarians?
For young readers:
HERE WE ARE HB: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Oliver Jeffers
Our world can be a bewildering place, especially if you’ve only just got here. Your head will be filled with questions, so let’s explore what makes our planet and how we live on it. From land and sky, to people and time, these notes can be your guide and start you on your journey. Some things about our planet are pretty complicated, but things can be simple, too: you’ve just got to be kind.
Watch
The Story of Plastic
The Story of Plastic is an Emmy Award winning documentary that uncovers the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic recycling. Different from every other plastic documentary you’ve seen, The Story of Plastic presents a cohesive timeline of how we got to our current global plastic pollution crisis and how the oil and gas industry has successfully manipulated the narrative around it. This film introduces audiences to the heroes and the villains behind one of the world’s most pressing environmental issues, from the extraction of fossil fuels to plastic disposal and the global resistance fighting back.
Do
How long does it take for a fizzy drink can to biodegrade? And do helium balloons float about in space? Find out by taking this fun family quiz.
Recommended anti-littering websites and Charity organisations
- Keep Britain Tidy
- Bin It Campaign
- Litter Action Campaign
- Eco Schools