It's Plastic Free July. This annual event, organised by the Plastic Free Foundation, encourages all of us to choose to refuse single-use plastics.
Even if you recycle single-use plastics, the quality of the plastic at the end of the process degrades each time it’s recycled, unlike glass bottles or metal cans which can be recycled into new bottles or cans over and over again.
Not sure what plastics you can change? You can take the Pesky Plastics Quiz on their website to find ideas for either plastic free, or multi-use solutions.
For more more to do in your local area, check out Plastic Free Communities, which has been set up by Surfers Against Sewage. Well known for their beach cleaning campaigns, they're tackling the problem of single-use plastic at its source by encouraging towns and villages (including residents and businesses) to go plastic free.
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