Earth Day is just three days away: Sunday, April 22, 2018. This Earth Day is dedicated to reducing plastic litter and pollution. I’ve been taking the less plastic challenge for the last month, trying to not bring any single-use plastic into my house. I haven’t been 100% successful, but I’ve reduced my plastic pollution significantly, and that’s a step in the right direction.
As we approach Earth Day, I am thinking about additional activities that will help reduce plastic litter. One good idea is to participate in a litter clean-up. My town of Washington, CT is having a town-wide roadside clean up. And we (my daughter and I, and some of our friends) are going to participate and pick up litter along our street. We will recycle any recyclable items that we find, and throw away the non-recyclable items. It’s not a perfect solution, but it does help.
Even if your town is not conducting a town-wide roadside clean up, you can still do it. Grab some friends, some gloves, and some bags, and head out to collect the litter you see. You can start with your own street, or the main street in your town or city, or a local park. Call your mayor’s or selectman’s office, or your parks department, and ask them if there is a particular place that needs clean up.
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