Plastic Free July is a global movement encouraging the world’s population to pledge to avoid single-use plastics during July each year. The Plastic Free July movement encourages communities and ...

With 174 million participants globally last year, Plastic Free July is the world’s largest plastic waste avoidance campaign. This award-winning behavior change campaign — now in its 15th year — ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability is urging the community to reduce single-use plastic waste with a new initiative. The “Plastic Free July,” ...

Plastic Free July.is a global initiative is helping reduce future plastic waste. The award-winning campaign helps people change their behaviors to end plastic waste. Ted Lindner shares ways we can ...

It’s lightweight and waterproof, cheap enough to throw away after a single use, and durable enough to last for years even after being thrown away. When single-use plastics — like plastic straws, foam ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Recycling might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the Fort Wayne Zoo, but reducing, reusing and recycling at home can go hand-in-hand with animal ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. GOLETA, CA, July 11, 2025 – Join the City of Goleta and Mission Refill for a meaningful morning of community and environmental ...

The city of Arcata encourages community members to participate in the worldwide initiative known as Plastic Free July to help reduce waste and pollution this summer. Plastic Free July is designed to ...

The Pet Sustainability Coalition (PSC), a Colorado-based nonprofit committed to helping pet product companies drive their sustainability impact, says it is rallying the industry to remove millions of ...

More than 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced annually, and only a small fraction is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, or leaks into the natural environment, which is impacting ...

The climate crisis isn't on hold just because we're otherwise engaged. Here's how to swap a few products to make your life a little but more plastic-free. Our editors independently select these ...