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Plastic! Cheap, lightweight, ubiquitous. The most popular material on the planet, used for everything from packaging to phones. But most of the plastics we use everyday take hundreds of years to break down.

Plastic! Cheap, lightweight, ubiquitous. The most popular material on the planet, used for everything from packaging to phones. But most of the plastics we use everyday take hundreds of years to break down.

Join us! Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single-use plastics?

Approximately 100 million black bags full of packaging from toys and gifts are discarded each year. Here are 5 ways to reduce your plastic waste this festive season.

Whether you’re just starting your journey to plastic-free living or almost there, extra waste-cutting ideas are always useful. We asked you for your top tips for cutting out packaging this plastic free July

Viola is founder of Lani. She lives in Nottingham with her partner, Ed, and their young daughter Ivy. Originally from Nürnbergin Germany, Viola moved to England when she was 21.

Over 25 billion metric tons of plastic are thrown away each year. It’s estimated that 50-80% of debris in marine areas is plastic: small pieces of it in the North Pacific have increased a hundredfold in the last forty years (source: BBC). Closer to home, a new report shows that a stream of plastic rubbish flowing along the bed of the river Thames and out into the North Sea will have far-reaching effects on marine life (source: the Guardian). Added to all the ethical complications of its disposal, plastics are made from oil – a fossil fuel which will one day run out.

Continuing our #plasticfreejuly coverage, one mum shares how she reduced plastic after having a baby. After watching the BBC series ‘The War On Plastics’, Hattie Jacobs and husband Ollie decided to reduce the waste produced during their son’s early years.

Kathryn Houldcroft set herself the challenge of going plastic-free for a month and was surprised how frustrating and life-changing she found it

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR this summer? Could you stop using plastic water bottles or refuse disposable straws for the holidays? Last July 36,000 people quit single-use plastic to raise awareness of how much there is in our lives - and how most of it can never disappear. Plastic Free July was launched in Australia in 2011 to highlight the problems associated with plastic products that are only used once before being discarded. Kathryn Houldcroft set herself the challenge of going plastic-free for a month and was surprised how frustrating and life-changing she found it.

Tara Button shares her top tips for plastic free cleaning for our Plastic Free July campaign

Michele Riley is the founder of Niche and Cult. She grew up in the East Sussex countryside with self-sufficient parents.

This fantastic prize will help you get organized and go plastic free

Over the summer campaigners have been getting more an more incensed by the amount of plastic waste found on our beaches, in our oceans and thrown into landfill.