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Using Lent to stem the flow of plastic
Most people give up chocolate. Some choose more abstract ways to repent, like cutting out Facebook.
But a Bristol pressure group is urging people to turn their backs on something completely different for Lent this year – plastic.
For 40 days from Wednesday, City to Sea is asking people to see how many single-use plastics they can go without.
The idea is to stem the flow of plastic litter – like water bottles, straws or coffee cup lids – that enters Bristol’s rivers and ends up, eventually, in the sea.
Help stem the tide on marine plastic pollution! Natalie Fee from Refill Bristol reveals the scale of plastic waste on the banks of the Avon, what they’ve done in 2015 and what we can all do in 2016 to help – visit http://www.citytosea.org.uk/index.php… to learn more and get involved. It doesn’t stop here!
Posted by Bristol 2015 on Thursday, 4 February 2016
“Giving up single-use plastic for lent last year was pretty life-changing,” City to Sea founder Natalie Fee says.
“I never thought I had time to bake or home-make things and the convenience of doing all my shopping in a supermarket had me convinced I wouldn’t be able to change my shopping habits either.
“But I knew I could probably do it for 40 days. Then, at the end of those 40 days I realised life was richer – I was supporting local shopkeepers and developing relationships with them, spending more time with my son who actually enjoyed baking and eating more homemade, healthier food. I had no reason to change my new habits back; life was more fun this way!”
Information about getting involved can be found on the City to Sea website where you can sign up to weekly moral-boosting emails, or join the Facebook event.
Read more: From City to Sea: tackling plastic waste
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