Watch: Plastic Free Back to School

The Plastic Pollution Coalition hosted a webinar to show you that it's possible to avoid a school year filled with toxic plastic. During their webinar, we learned why reusable, refillable, non-plastic school supplies like stainless steel lunch boxes and food storage containers are better for student health, the planet, and wallets - and how to incorporate them into the school year. They also discussed how schools can incorporate reusable, plastic-free items and practices into their operations.

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Attend: Milwaukee's Biggest Free Library 

Join Literacy Services of Wisconsin and Barby the Book Fairy at Kosciuszko Park for Milwaukee's Biggest Free Library. Come look through a spread of hundreds of books and choose a favorite to take home for yourself or your family! There will be free books for all age ranges including adults. Stay to hang out in this beautiful county park and enjoy a live DJ, face painting, Milwaukee Children's Museum's Wonder Wagon, community resource tables, say hi to Plastic-Free MKE, and so much more!

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Register: Beyond Plastics Virtual Training 

Beyond Plastics is offering trainings for Local Groups and Affiliates to learn practical and powerful ways to end plastic pollution and engage your larger community. The online training is divided into two sessions that are each two hours long. You must complete both sessions, but you can attend them in any order you wish, and they are both offered twice to ensure you can find a time that works. You will cover plastics background, policy, media, organizing, education, and more.

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Rich Countries Export Twice As Much Plastic Waste to the Developing World As Previously Thought

"High-income countries have long sent their waste abroad to be thrown away or recycled - and an independent team of experts say they're inundating the developing world with much more plastic than previously estimated." 

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UN Agency Provides Path to 80 Percent Reduction in Plastic Waste. Recycling Alone Won't Cut It

"As delegates prepare to meet for a second negotiation on a global treaty to curtail plastic pollution, a pair of new reports from the United Nations Environment Program offers a roadmap of potential solutions..."

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Is There a Practical Way to Utilize Mixed "Plastic Waste"?

"There is another innovative alternative that is gaining momentum because it addresses the sorting challenge and also provides a positive value proposition. CRDC Global has developed a way to turn mixed plastic waste into a substitute..."

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Why Your Recycling Doesn't Always Get Recycled

"Only about six percent of the plastic-everything from plastic bottles to IV drips-produced in the U.S. in 2021 was recycled. Some plastic items are designed in ways that make them difficult to recycle or recyclers struggle to find people who want to buy recycled material."

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American Cities Want to Recycle Their Plastic Trash in Mexico. Critics Call It 'Waste Colonialism.'

"Critics, however, have raised legal and ethical objections. Jim Puckett, founder and executive director of the U.S.-based nonprofit Basel Action Network, told Grist it was 'disgusting' that the City of Phoenix … were touting the Mexicali facility."

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Milwaukee Riverkeeper

Milwaukee Riverkeeper is a science-based advocacy organization working for swimmable, fishable rivers throughout the Milwaukee River Basin. They protect our rivers by monitoring for water quality, road salt, emerging contaminants, and mussels. They restore our rivers through the Adopt-a-River program and annual Spring Cleanup every Earth Day. They advocate for our rivers with programs like the River Defenders and Senior Water Advocacy Network (SWAN), and by signing on to letters with coalition partners to demonstrate unity on an issue and push for change. And lastly, they connect the community to our rivers by hosting and attending community events, as well as providing the MKE Urban Water Trail map and Swim Guide to encourage others to explore the river basin, too.