Tag: plastic pollution

IOC’s Plastic Game Plan for Sport to Help Sports Organisations Tackle Plastic Pollution

Stuart Mitchell

The guide, entitled Plastic Game Plan for Sport, was published in collaboration with UN Environment and includes contributions from World Sailing. Referencing successful examples from across the sports world, it provides guidance to event organisers on creating an effective plan to reduce plastic waste. This includes key steps such as eliminating single-use plastic items, reducing the amount of plastic used, reusing plastic items and recycling. “Plastic pollution is one of the biggest challenges facing our environment today and sport – like any other industry – has an urgent responsibility to…

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Earth’s Ekko, Plastic Oceans’ New Educational Kids Film, Empowers Children To Solve Plastic Pollution

Stuart Mitchell

Plastic Oceans International, a nonprofit organization working to end global plastic pollution, today announced the release of its new kids film, Earth’s Ekko, a 20-minute educational tool created for educators and parents to engage, inspire and teach children, ages 10 and younger, to be part of the solution to the global plastic pollution problem. A corresponding Earth’s Ekko Education Guide will also be available in the coming weeks. “Children are natural problem solvers, and we recognized the need for a tool with optimistic messages to teach and engage kids on…

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250,000 downloads of app aimed to tackle plastic pollution

Stuart Mitchell

City to Sea, the organisation behind the award-winning Refill campaign, are this week celebrating their Refill app being downloaded by more than 250,000 people. The free, location-based app connects people to places they can Refill their water-bottle for free. This stops people buying single-use plastic bottles and prevents millions of plastic bottles from entering our waste stream. The Refill app is tapping into a growing concern about single-use plastic and the impact it has on our shared environment. App downloads have increased by 175% since the start of the year…

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