Individuals

We do not expect communities to be totally plastic free. Our aim is to tackle the single-use plastic crisis, so that’s the avoidable stuff that’s everywhere. Things like plastic drinks bottles, disposable coffee cups, sachets, bathroom plastics, excessive food packaging, takeaway containers etc. These are the things that have a huge impact on our environment and which we can make changes to eliminate. Check them out here:

Raising awareness and educating the next generation is crucial to bring about the culture change we need to see in order to free where we live from single-use.

There are lots of ways schools can get involved, from linking into school themes and topics, to holding assemblies and looking at removing single-use items from the canteen or events.

The easiest way to get a school onboard is getting them to sign up for our Plastic Free Schools Campaign.  See below for more information:

Anyone! You can sign up as an individual and build up a group around you to help. Or you can sign-up as a group of friends or an organisation. We just need one point of contact, and one individual to sign the Community Lead Agreement. There’s no set time commitment, it is entirely voluntary and led by you, the community. We don’t want to take over anyone’s existing efforts, but simply help unite groups across the UK and empower individuals and communities to take action.

There are hundreds of ways you can raise vital funds. Check out our guides, ideas and tips here and get creative …

We have hundreds of communities across the whole of the UK you can find the nearest one to you on our interactive map. Just search for your location and click on the pin for all of the contact details you need. If there isn’t a community near you why not set one up.