Community action group for the Stroud district in Gloucestershire, working to reduce single-use plastic and help find alternative solutions
Joined June 2019
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20 Apr 2024
Lovely Earth Day activity in Stroud tomorrow 🌎 (planet vs plastic is this year's theme) with @SVPcharity at the @museuminthepark: turning plastic waste into wildlife wonders such as herb planters 🐝 Sunday 21st April, 11am-3pm 💚
#EarthDay2024 #PlanetvsPlastic
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11 Mar 2024
SAT 16 March 💚 Greener Together Week with Gloucestershire Libraries: Claudi discusses the inspiration behind "Small Steps to Less Waste," shares personal stories of change, and provides practical tips. Cirencester Library 10am; Gloucester Library 2pm
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Action on Plastic retweeted
13 Dec 2023
Book your Christmas tree for recycling and support @longfieldcare 💙
This year, the #Minchinhampton-based charity hopes to raise more than £50,000, which could help fund more than 900 hours of Hospice at Home Care.
stroud.gov.uk/news-archive/b…
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12 Dec 2023
📣 CALLING ALL TEACHERS! 📣
Register your class to take part in The Big Plastic Count 2024. In partnership with @GreenpeaceUK, supported by @ScienceWeekUK your class can discover its plastic footprint.
#BigPlasticCount #BritishScienceWeek
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12 Dec 2023
Low waste Christmas ideas from the brilliant ‘Gloucestershire recycles’ team. It's about so much more than recycling! Get creative, inventive, avoid food and packaging waste and save money! 🤩 actiononplastic.org/low-wast…
@GlosCC
@StroudDC
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3 May 2023
Lovely sunny day at the King's first garden party, celebrating hundreds of volunteer group reps. Cllr Chloe Turner and myself scrubbed up quite well in our vintage/secondhand posh frocks and hats #qavs2022
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2 May 2023
Individual action is a powerful part of systemic change. It's not a question of either/or. Let's tackle problems from all angles! drawdown.org/news/insights/t…
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17 Apr 2023
Help give Stroud district a Biodiversity Boost!
It's official - we are part of the Big Give Green Match Fund. And you could win tickets for @2000trees if you donate £10 or more - follow us on Facebook, Instagram or here to be in with a chance.
stroudvalleysproject.org/new…
#Stroud
ALT Crowd scene at 2000 Trees festival, featuring lots of happy faces.
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17 Apr 2023
The first round of this year's Local School Nature Grants programme is open until midnight on April 28th ⏰
Apply now for the chance to get £500 of outdoor equipment and free staff training for your school!
Apply ➡️ ltl.org.uk/projects/local-sc…
ALT A young child gardening in a raised planter awarded through the Local School Nature Grants programme.
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21 Feb 2023
What links plastic to climate change? 👇
Every piece of plastic produced is contributing to the climate crisis.
In this fast-paced world, plastic is old tech. We need to move to a fully circular system and not ignore plastic’s huge carbon footprint any longer.
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16 Feb 2023
Read our new blog post on the amazing recycling stats of Stroud district and, in sharp contrast, how a fifth of UK waste is handled illegally
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16 Nov 2022
Stroud District Action on Plastic November newsletter 🍁 Do join us at our next drop-in meeting on Sat 26th, 1-2pm 💚 mailchi.mp/028f95f93ead/nov-…
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13 Nov 2022
Plastic pollutes at every stage of its lifecycle. Get excellent practical advice on how to avoid plastic packaging here: actiononplastic.org/action-a…
12 Nov 2022
Plastic pollutes at every stage of its existence. 💥 📷 by: @brkfreeplastic #PlasticPollutes #BreakFreeFromPlastic
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3 Nov 2022
Excellent info on the complexity and threat to the environment of bioplastics. We must avoid all types of plastics and all types of single-use packaging wherever we can. There is no magic material that will allow continued rampant consumerism
3 Nov 2022
Favoured feedstocks for bioplastic are maize and potato starch. Both crops are notorious for the soil erosion they cause. They also require large applications of pesticides, fertilisers, irrigation water and diesel.
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3 Nov 2022
The horrible environmental cost of 'home compostable' bioplastics. So many of us don't know about this. And so many of us don't even have composting facilities - what happens to this material then? Find out here: theguardian.com/environment/…
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29 Oct 2022
An actual high street repair shop, great idea. Come to the Trinity Rooms in Stroud today for the local Repair Café and our monthly meeting on reducing plastic ☀️
27 Oct 2022
We opened a Fixing Factory today! An actual shop on an actual high street!
People can bring their broken stuff and get it fixed for free. This will reduce waste, cut carbon, and help with the cost of living crisis in the local community.
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27 Oct 2022
Can you help with a short behavioural research study for Oxford Brookes University on the motivational drivers of people who have the intention to shop as plastic-free as possible? Please contact us for more info
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