Plastic Free July — habit shift #14

Transition San Juan Island’s Waste Reduction group shares today’s habit shift inspiration from the global Plastic Free July campaign.

Plastic Free Events

Cut down on the waste at your next event and promote more sustainable practices by offering reusable items. As the host of the event, you have an opportunity to model sustainable behavior by displaying to others how easy it is to have an impact, and help to spread the message to ‘choose to refuse’. You can:

• Skip out on plastic cutlery and dinnerware and use reusables, or let guests know that this is a plastic free event and to bring their own reusable dinnerware. 
• If guests are bringing their own dinnerware, offer a washing up station so they can pack clean items back in their bag for home.
• Offer cloth napkins instead of paper ones.
• Let guests know your intention for a plastic free event and they’ll most likely go out of their way to help make that happen.

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