Submit: Volunteer and Member Survey

Plastic-Free MKE wants your feedback on our volunteer programs and communications. Even if you have not volunteered with us, we would still appreciate your feedback as a member of Plastic-Free MKE. The survey should take no more than 5 minutes to complete and some questions are optional. If you find there is something else you would like to comment on that is not covered in the survey feel free to email us at info@plasticfreemke.org. Your feedback helps us improve our programming for volunteers and members alike.

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Listen: Urban Planning for Reuse

The Indisposable Podcast from Upstream highlights solutions to the plastic crisis and the important figures advocating for change. In episode #151, Ellie Moss and Dr. Dagny Tucker, co-founders of Perpetual, discuss long-term system changes for reusable foodware infrastructure. Perpetual is paving the way in large scale reusables and Moss and Tucker unpack the funding, planning, and challenges associated with a sustainable city-wide reuse system. Moss previously joined a Plastic-Free MKE webinar discussing reuse in Milwaukee and we are continuing to build support for a reusable container program in our city.

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Explore: Plastic-Free MKE's Free Educational Resources 

If you are looking for fun educational activities about plastics, check out our education toolkit! Plastic-Free MKE's Educational Activities Page has been updated with new resources from Wisconsin Sea Grant and Mermaid Echo. There are activities, lessons, games, and group exercises from a variety of resources for all age groups and settings.

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EPA begins review of PVC ingredient vinyl chloride, which could lead to restrictions or ban

“The EPA announced means the agency will now examine the chemicals to see if they’re “high priority substances,” which is determined by the hazard and exposure potential of each contaminant. If they are determined high priority, a further risk evaluation starts to determine restrictions or a ban."

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'It’s kind of gross but we can do it’: How a community learned to go zero waste

"The project came against a national backdrop of intensive waste reduction. France has passed some of the developed world’s most ambitious waste-reduction policies; it was the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away unsold food, and one of the first to enshrine “extended producer responsibility” into law, making big polluters financially responsible for the waste they create, even after their items are sold."

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To Fight Plastic Waste, an Indonesian Campaign Aims High - Yale Environment 360

“Our two biggest tickets were Bali and Jakarta. It was a huge struggle to get them on board because of how big and politically significant they are, but once they issued their bans, everybody followed. Ten years later, more than 100 cities and districts ban [single-use] plastic bags. But there are about 500 cities and districts in Indonesia, so it’s only 20 percent."

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How to reduce your exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in plastics, tinned food and even paper receipts

"Associate Professor Green said more than 800 chemicals were known or suspected EDCs that may mimic, block or interfere with the body's hormones. "They can interfere with our normal regulation of our body. And so that's what could be quite dangerous about them," he said. While the research around EDCs is concerning, there are simple ways individuals can reduce their exposure."

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