Zero Waste Living Guidance

 

Here is a list of Books, Children’s Books, Organisations to follow and maybe support, Reusable & single-item initiatives, Cleanup Initiatives, and Blogs & Tools on how to live with plastic-free/"Zero Waste" standards by PlasticFreeJuly.com;

Books

• A Family Guide to Waste-Free Living – Lauren Carter and Oberon Carter- link will open in a new window
• Plastic Soup: An Atlas of Ocean Pollution – Michiel Roscam Abbing- link will open in a new window
• Plastic: A Toxic Love Story – Susan Freinkel- link will open in a new window
• Quitting Plastic – Clara Williams Roldan and Louise Williams- link will open in a new window
• Turning the Tide on Plastic – Lucy Siegle- link will open in a new window
• Waste Not – Erin Rhoads- link will open in a new window
• A Zero Waste Life: in thirty days – Anita Vandyke- link will open in a new window
• Don’t Be Trashy – Tara McKenna- link will open in a new window
• I Quit Plastics – Kate Nelson- link will open in a new window
• The Zero-Waste Chef: Plant-Forward Recipes and Tips for a Sustainable Kitchen and Planet – Anne-Marie Bonneau- link will open in a new window
• Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too – Beth Terry- link will open in a new window

 

Children’s Books

• Seb and Polly Planet on their Ocean Quest – Michelle Cassar- link will open in a new window
• Celia Seagull and the Plastic Sea – Nicole Miller- link will open in a new window
• Little Turtle Turns the Tide – Lauren Davies and Nico Williams- link will open in a new window
• Garbage Guts – Heidi Auman- link will open in a new window
• Kids for the Ocean – Anne Mäusbacher- link will open in a new window
• Plasticus Maritimus – Ana Pego and Isabel Minhós Martins (English)- link will open in a new window  (Portuguese)- link will open in a new window
• Flidgywumper Saves the Seas – Karin Westdyk- link will open in a new window

 

Organisations

• Plastic Pollution Coalition – global alliance working toward a world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impacts
• Break Free From Plastic – global movement envisioning a future free from plastic pollution
• Plastic Free South-east Asia – stopping plastic pollution at the source
• Sustainability Tribe – UAE’s pioneering sustainability action guide for businesses & individuals
• Plastic Soup Foundation – leading advocacy group tackling plastic pollution
• Story of Stuff – award-winning animated movies and encouraging civic engagement
• Surfers Against Sewage – galvanising communities and inspiring people to protect coastlines, UK based
• Sustainable Coastlines – caring for coastlines and waterways

 

Reusable & single-item initiatives

• Upstream- link will open in a new window – catalogue of reusable packaging and unpackaging innovators operating worldwide
• Refill – free tap water locations across the UK
• Choose Tap – free water bottle refills around Australia
• Responsible Cafes – working with cafes to encourage reusable cups
• ReThink Disposable – minimising disposable packaging in food service
• The Last Plastic Straw – alliance working with businesses to provide straws on request
• Party Kit Network – network of party kits makes it easy to switch to reusables for your next party

 

Cleanup initiatives

• International Coastal Cleanup – annual worldwide cleanup day with citizen science​
• Litterati – social media and smartphone app building a database from litter individuals pick up
• Take 3 for the Sea – take 3 pieces of rubbish with you when you leave the beach
• Tangaroa Blue – removal and prevention of marine debris

 

Blogs & Tools

• Bulk Finder – Zero Waste Home
• Gippsland Unwrapped
• Going Zero Waste
• The Rogue Ginger
• The Zero Waste Collective
• Treading My Own Path
• Zero Waste Chef
• A Change is a Chance podcast

(Source: PlasticFreeJuly.org)

Go to PlasticFreeJuly.org/what-others-do to see how to do Plastic-Free July: How to get started, Next Steps, At work, At School, At Events, For Business, Your Community, with Local Government, and Other Ideas