Plastic Free July...what will you choose to do?

TASNG Times

The Toronto Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group (TASNG) has quite a few projects on the go:

• An exploration into excessive packaging is being undertaken;
• Plastic free cafes are being encouraged;
• Canvassing of future footpath suggestions is underway; and
• Assistance is being offered with regenerating the Toronto Wetlands adjacent to the Workers Club
• As part of an Eco-Angels City-wide event, a clean up is planned for Sunday 9th August, 10am-noon.

Plastic Free July – what will you do?

COVID-19 has seen an unfortunate upswelling in plastic litter. Plastic free July is a chance to do something about it. plasticfreejuly.org

Join the Citywide Eco-Angels clean up

TASNG’s 10am Sunday morning clean-up session on 9th August will be radiating out from the Lions Park Toronto at Fennell Bay Bridge, aiming to clean up the lake foreshore as far as the eye can see and the legs can wander in two hours. We’ll be meeting at north end of Lions Park. Bags will be provided, along with gloves, yellow vests and sanitiser, everything you need for a meaningly morning of plogging (picking up whilst walking) whilst maintaining socially distancing .

Choose nude.

Take3 for the Sea is asking everyone to choose nude produce in July. A simple commitment to avoid fruit and vegetables wrapped in unnecessary plastic packaging, bags or wraps.
130,000 tonnes of Australian plastic pollutes our ocean and waterways every year. Can you do your part to reduce it?

Rethink your bin liner

There haven’t always been bin liners. 

Is Plastic Free July is an opportunity to try something different? 

Here are some ideas from TASNG’s Waste Worrier;

• Be bold and bare, just rinse out your bins;
• Reduce your rubbish by recycling more;
• Return the scrunchable soft plastics at Coles and Woolworths;
• Use a newspaper bin liner...various folding methods are on YouTube;
• Use the compostable bags supplied by Council; and
• Ask the supermarkets to cut down on unnecessary plastic packaging, especially over fruit and vegetables …go nude.