{"id":19334,"date":"2025-07-02T13:34:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=19334"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:34:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:34:45","slug":"participate-in-plastic-free-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2025\/07\/participate-in-plastic-free-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Participate in Plastic Free July!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Beyond_Plastics_logo-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16258 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Beyond_Plastics_logo-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Beyond_Plastics_logo-2.png 290w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Beyond_Plastics_logo-2-150x57.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a>Summer is here! As we vacation and celebrate with family and friends, July is a perfect month for making some personal changes to reduce our use of plastics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondplastics.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond Plastics<\/a> is encouraging people to participate in <strong>Plastic Free July,<\/strong> offering a special online calendar highlighting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondplastics.org\/from-the-grassroots\/plastic-free-july-calendar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">31 days of simple actions<\/a> you can take to move beyond plastic.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how Beyond Plastics describes the initiative:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/click.actionnetwork.org\/ss\/c\/u001.XaF8mXqsA6b2dSPmhsleMc99nUvDWpNQFve0PYoD6Uo345V5b3Enu-riiGhn3C0Pp8cOXjKOv97WUer60qgDtnGm9CJks7uN_TL1e7OhGi-Q7JZvlVXUfb36tK2Kw_GwAGIoCosU4ja3vI1Mx2pRudXokNJrbT0Iltauu58RfuNj-06gkziQhRZXa6cx9DP1WKxq_TOcCggbHv8eNpdG-U3JJBthQecyrT-JwcgwQ77-eSAvwULfmWE42UJr9NW8rpvepwqP0DR8ZxixvvcL84zv27xqBzkoKSyk0q77rzLOkpPbLOoHUw_RC_zn-rtIkVeaOT8numMLdY-CIqvlqEScEzzgaMvrTgrUms0Dx0gOShBxKFEVazGsqT1uHvf04QwfkNEMybKAo_xGJ0S_2g\/4ht\/nd6kjEZkQPyvldpycjjt3w\/h2\/h001.ti4P3LTk6TLbwQAx557XkRGcEdTYXvHakFstjv9PO7Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">\ud83d\udc49Check it out and start taking action.<\/a> \ud83d\udcc5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Beyond Plastics Plastic Free July Calendar includes a mix of actions that are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Personal<\/strong> \u2014 like swapping out plastic produce bags or replacing your reusable plastic water bottle with a stainless steel one;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educational<\/strong> \u2014 like sharing myth-busting resources about \u201cbiodegradable\u201d and \u201ccompostable\u201d plastic or reading up on \u201cchemical recycling\u201d or; and<\/li>\n<li><strong>Legislative<\/strong> \u2014 including calling your elected officials or advocating for local bans on plastic foam or &#8220;skip the stuff&#8221; laws.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;We created this calendar to give folks something they can actually do every day \u2014 whether it&#8217;s making a personal swap away from plastic or contacting decision-makers to push for systemic change. 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