WATCH: Inspiring You and 1 Billion People to Take Part in One Plastic Free Day

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Will you be a part of this solution? Campaigners and businesses united to launch one of the largest plastic pollution visual surveys ever conducted.

On June 5, coincided with World Environment Day, A Plastic Planet urges you to join the challenge. It’s simple. Take a photo of anything you would like to see go plastic free. Post the photo to your social media channels and use the hashtag #OnePlasticFreeDay. Include where you are posting from and what the item or place is.

EcoWatch teamed up with A Plastic Planet via Facebook live on Monday to amplify the voice of the exciting One Plastic Free Day in which people will unite locally and globally to take part in a landmark global visual survey on plastic.


One Plastic Free Day 2019

✅Take a photo of something you want to become PLASTIC FREE✅Post it to social media using #OnePlasticFreeDay hashtag✅Tell your followers where you are from and what the item or place is

Posted by EcoWatch on Monday, June 3, 2019

In a press release sent to EcoWatch, A Plastic Planet explains how the photos from social media posts will be used:

Following June 5 the comprehensive global results will be published as part of a landmark visual report into the frustration caused by unnecessary plastic across the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australia.

The major new visual report is set to shed new light on the extent of the global plastic crisis, identifying hotspots around the world where decisive change is most needed. One Plastic Free Day is also set to see Governments and big business make their own plastic reduction pledges.

“The fifth of June is a day for us to say we’ve had enough, but together in harmony and that’s how we can really make an impact,” said Eileen Horowitz Bastianelli, environmental crusader with EcoCentric Solutions and A Plastic Planet. “The solutions are there but we have to look at them together and we have to approach our governments with the appropriate asks.”

What makes this opportunity unique is that it’s a solution owned by the people. This is a chance for the public to tell governments and corporations exactly what they want to be rid of plastic.

“This hashtag is really important because it’s about everybody,” said Frederikke Magnussen, co-founder of A Plastic Planet. “We have more power than we think and that hashtag will show that we are standing together … we look at plastic as the tip of the iceberg where we can actually try to make a change.”

Bastianelli explained in the Facebook Live that she is thrilled to see how many individuals are backing One Plastic Free Day. Not only will billboards celebrating the day be lit up in Times Square, but also in places around the world. Hollywood stars, athletes and leading campaigners are also taking part.

So get out there, snap a photo of an item that is unnecessarily laced in plastic and become a voice in this solution.

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