Plastic straws are used on average for 20 minutes, but can take over 400 years to degrade.
Plastic waste is expected to rise by 20% in the next 20 years.
Up to 7 million coffee cups are thrown away every day in the UK.
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
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.
It is estimated that somewhere between 5 billion - 9 billion single-use plastic straws are thrown away in the UK every year
Plastic straws are used on
average for 20 minutes, but can
take over 400 years to degrade.
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.
