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Keeping Milwaukee free of single use plastic
 
 

Cream City. City of Festivals. Brew City.

Let’s get Milwaukee another nickname we can be proud of, Plastic Free City.

#plasticfreemke

 
 
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The problem with plastic…

Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists. We depend on plastic and now we’re drowning in it. Our rivers and Great Lakes are feeling the impact of the plastic epidemic, and it is threatening the health of aquatic wildlife and our communities.

 
 
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People on a boat on the river drinking beer and smiling

Fun fact:

We love our beer. And rightfully so. With over 30 of the nation’s best breweries, we’ve mastered the drink.

Cheers!

People testing the a water sample on the sidewalk

Not-so-fun fact:

Because we’re drowning in plastic, beer brewed with water from the Great Lakes now contains 4.05 man-made particles per liter, 99% of which are plastic fibers.

(Give up beer? Or give up single-use plastic? I mean, it’s really a no-brainer.)

3 adults on kayaks on a river in Milwaukee

Fun Fact:

Here in Milwaukee, we have access to one of the world’s most valuable resources. Right. In. Our. Very. Own. Backyard. ( Read: the world’s largest supply of freshwater, aka The Great Lakes).

A photo with roughly a hundred empty plastic jugs

Not so fun fact:

Plastic is toxic to our health. Every year 22 million pounds (or 779 dump truck loads!) of plastic pollutes The Great Lakes, thus polluting our lifeline—clean drinking water.