{"id":5097,"date":"2022-10-17T14:14:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T13:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/?p=5097"},"modified":"2022-10-17T14:14:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T13:14:26","slug":"plastic-free-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/2022\/10\/17\/plastic-free-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Free July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plasticfreejuly.org\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Plastic Free July<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution &#8230; by choosing to refuse single use plastics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">At our July Club meeting Elaine led a discussion on avoiding single use plastic. There are many different types of plastic making it difficult to identify, separate and recycle successfully resulting in most plastic waste going to landfill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Simple tips from SIGBI for the Soroptimist Day of Action<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Carry reusable shopping bags<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Drink coffee from a reusable cup<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Avoid pre-packaged foods by choosing bulk or loose food<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Avoid bottled water<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Avoid single-use dental products<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Try alternatives to single-use tampons and pads<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Swap liquid soap for bar soaps<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Members added to these by suggesting toothpaste in metal tubes, butter in blocks rather than tubs, washing powder in cardboard cartons, unpackaged fruit and veg, milk in glass bottles, food staples from zero waste shops, reusable alternatives to cling film &#8230;. and lots more.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Plastic Free July | News | Blog | Events | SI Manchester<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Manchester : Blog &amp; News : Plastic Free July : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Manchester . 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