An
accessible guide to the changes we can all make—small and large—to
rid our lives of disposable plastic and clean up the world’s oceans
How
to Give Up Plastic
is a straightforward guide to eliminating plastic from your life.
Going room by room through your home and workplace, Greenpeace
activist Will McCallum teaches you how to spot disposable plastic
items and find plastic-free, sustainable alternatives to each one.
From carrying a reusable straw, to catching microfibers when you wash
your clothes, to throwing plastic-free parties, you’ll learn new
and intuitive ways to reduce plastic waste. And by arming you with a
wealth of facts about global plastic consumption and anecdotes from
activists fighting plastic around the world, you’ll also learn how
to advocate to businesses and leaders in your community and across
the country to commit to eliminating disposable plastics for good.
It
takes 450 years for a plastic bottle to fully biodegrade, and there
are around 12.7 million tons of plastic entering the ocean each year.
At our current pace, in the year 2050 there could be more plastic in
the oceans than fish, by weight. These are alarming figures, but
plastic pollution is an environmental crisis with a solution we can
all contribute to.