{"id":15977,"date":"2022-11-23T15:43:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T20:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?page_id=15977"},"modified":"2024-04-04T16:42:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T20:42:47","slug":"plastic-waste-reduction-team-outreach-subpage-draft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/plastic-waste-reduction-team-outreach-subpage-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Education\/Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways that the Plastic Waste Reduction Team is working to educate the citizens of Needham about plastic pollution and waste reduction.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16632\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/KRaiz-plastic-waste-reduction-presentation-IMG-2169.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16632 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/KRaiz-plastic-waste-reduction-presentation-IMG-2169-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/KRaiz-plastic-waste-reduction-presentation-IMG-2169-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/KRaiz-plastic-waste-reduction-presentation-IMG-2169-560x299.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/KRaiz-plastic-waste-reduction-presentation-IMG-2169-150x80.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/KRaiz-plastic-waste-reduction-presentation-IMG-2169.jpg 637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Raiz&#8217;s plastic waste presentation to Pollard 7th graders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visiting schools to give talks about the dangers of plastic pollution, and to encourage students to get in the habit of bringing reusable bags to stores.<\/li>\n<li>Placing signs in grocery store and shopping center parking lots to remind people to bring their reusables bags into the stores.<\/li>\n<li>Creating Public Service Announcements (PSA) to be broadcast on the Needham Channel and the Needham Facebook page.\u00a0 \u00a0Check out our latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H5WwFYbAnjk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PSA<\/a> about the proposed plastic bag ban in Needham.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:kathrynraiz@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a> if you would like us to do a free presentation for your group!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Beyond-Plastics-Logo1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16469 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Beyond-Plastics-Logo1-300x118.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Beyond-Plastics-Logo1-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Beyond-Plastics-Logo1-150x59.png 150w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Beyond-Plastics-Logo1.png 558w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Green Needham&#8217;s Plastic Waste Reduction Team is excited to announce an affiliate partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.beyondplastics.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cmaureen.commane%40lifeworks.com%7Cdc1fc6a079e746f9b83608db061f79cf%7C7565b51c5e8748ebbc80252b20bc1ade%7C1%7C0%7C638110504486919059%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wNvnbMR6DUjuavvu%2B5FPnjnzOBrGT4fTXxcH%2FUHaCQ0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond Plastics<\/a>!\u00a0 Led by former EPARegional\u00a0Administrator\u00a0Judith Enck, Beyond Plastics is a nationwide project based at Bennington College in Vermont, that pairs the wisdom and experience of environmental policy experts with the energy and creativity of grassroots advocates to build a vibrant and effective movement to end plastic pollution.\u00a0 Beyond Plastic\u2019s program and approach is closely aligned to the Green Needham Plastic Waste Reduction team&#8217;s goals.\u00a0 They strive to reduce plastic production and pollution by educating citizens and working to change local, state and federal law.\u00a0\u00a0 For more information about Beyond Plastic\u2019s purpose, principles and core message, click <a href=\"http:\/\/beyond-plastics-organization-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are working on an educational outreach campaign to encourage Needham store patrons to shop with their reusable bags.  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