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Plastic straws are used on average for 20 minutes, but can take over 400 years to degrade.
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Plastic waste is expected to rise by 20% in the next 20 years.
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Up to 7 million coffee cups are thrown away every day in the UK.
SIGN THE PLEDGE
Greater Manchester is setting its businesses, organisations, residents, workers and visitors a challenge.
We are asking for your support to help us stamp out single-use plastics in our city-region and become carbon-neutral by 2038. By making more sustainable choices about the products we use, the way we work, and the way we live our lives…we can all make a positive change to our city-region.
The first step is to sign the pledge and commit to taking action to reduce avoidable single-use plastics across Greater Manchester.
Sign the pledge 604 17th May 2021
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REASONS TO MAKE A CHANGE
250 METRIC
TONNES
Scientists predict there will be
250 million metric tons of plastic
in the ocean by 2030.
By 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans
than there are fish.
9 BILLION
PLASTIC STRAWS
It is estimated that somewhere between 5 billion - 9 billion single-use plastic straws are thrown away in the UK every year
400 YEARS
TO DEGRADE
Plastic straws are used on
average for 20 minutes, but can
take over 400 years to degrade.
Success Stories
Reduce, Reuse, Refill, Repeat
REFILL. REFRESHED.
City to Sea have taken their award-winning Refill campaign to the next level! Refill will always be a drinking water campaign, but plastic polluti....
Keeping reusable coffee cups on the menu
#CONTACTLESSCOFFEE
The #ContactlessCoffee campaign has been launched by City to Sea in partnership with Better Food to advise cafes and restaurants on how to safely use ....
Refill Greater Manchester
It's looking good for Greater Manchester to be one of the greatest Refillable regions in the UK!
We're growing our network of local refill schemes day by day - so whethe....
Paper Bee Sip Straws
A new straw joins the hive — The Manchester Bee Paper Sip Straw!
The sip straw is a neat 5.5” (14cm) with a small bore, and is the perfect size for cocktails, mixed ....
M20 Refills
Despite the fact that there are now a wide range of eco-friendly cleaning and personal care products on the market, the majority of them still come in single-use plastic ....
Envirolution Festival
Envirolution is a volunteer-led one day festival held annually at Platt Fields Park in Fallowfield
The festival celebrates all aspects of living sustainably. It’s free....
Gronn Eco Salon
Sustainability is clearly something that’s very close to Rachael Kennedy’s heart…
“I guess I’ve always been what you would call a conscious consumer”, says ....
SeaStraw
Working with pubs, bars, restaurants and other businesses using disposable food items
...they help the businesses to transition to sustainable alternatives and become pl....
Paper Bee Straws
Paper bee straws are creating a plastic-free buzz around Greater Manchester
Their arrival is part of a growing range of initiatives that all contribute towards the Mayor....
Grindsmith
Grindsmith began as a paperless business
...but for owner Pete, that just simply was not enough! The next step was to use plastic packaging alternatives such as large re....
Fulfilled
Fulfilled is the brain child of Abbie Sellers
Abbie is a person on a mission to inspire and educate others to reduce their plastic waste footprint through sustainable sh....
Flourish
The products on offer
...are free from single-use plastics, and the business was created in response to owner Nikki’s frustration at how difficult it can be to find pl....
SEE HOW YOU COULD HELP
On this site you’ll find lots of information, advice and guidance to help you reduce the amount of single-use plastics you use. We want to help you make the right choices – whether that’s choosing to remove some products (always the best option), choosing a re-usable alternative (next best option) or switching to easily recyclable items.
The first step is to sign our pledge and commit to take action to reduce avoidable single-use plastics across Greater Manchester. By making a commitment today you can help to make Greater Manchester one of the greenest UK city regions. We are always adding new content to our site so keep checking back for further information.
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