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www.secret-life.org
At Secret-Life.org you will find helpful short videos explaining the life cycle of paper and cell-phones.
We hope that by watching these videos you will be prompted to learn more about how you can reduce the amount of waste you generate by your daily activities and then to take action.
Campaign material
Downloads that can help you with your own plastic bag campaign. We ask that you try to use recycled paper when printing, and use both sides of the paper.
1. What's the big deal about plastic bags?
information sheet
2. Plastic bag pledge - decorate this & stick it up as a reminder
(plastic bag pledge pdf).
3. Letter to retailers asking them to reduce plastic bag distribution (adapted from reusablebags.com Form Letter to Retailers)
(Letter to Retailers pdf).
4. Ten steps for retailers to reduce plastic bag distribution
(10 Steps pdf).
There are also loads of downloads available at www.wearewhatwedo.ca, including stuff for schools, videos, media downloads, posters & postcards.
Useful links
The Story of Stuff:
www.storyofstuff.com
What is the Story of Stuff?
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in
our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this
is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced,
fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption
patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge
number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to
create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something,
it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all
the stuff in your life forever.
Earth Resource Foundation - Campaign Against the Plastic Plague
The Sea Turtles Don't Shop campaign reminds us that plastic bags do not belong in oceans.
http://mindfully.org/
"Trashing the Oceans" by Thomas Hayden, U.S. News & World Report 4Nov02
If you are not convinced that plastic is a problem for our oceans, go to this link. It is frightening.
Paper or plastic?
The answer is neither. Lots of debate exists about this topic. Here are some sites that discuss the issue.
"The origin of paper bags"
Reusable Bags.com - paper vs plastic
Planet Ark has been running a successful plastic bag reduction campaign in Australia for years. The site features "how to's" for communities & retailers that want to go plastic bag free. There are also startling pictures of animals wrapped in plastic bags.
http://reusablebags.com/
This site is fast becoming the hub for all information about plastic bag reduction. Their newsroom blog keeps track of news related to plastic bags around the world. They also have downloads that anyone can use.
Roots & Shoots Reusable Bag Campaign
This campaign is run by youth, & was founded by Dr Jane Goodall. There are facts about plastic bags & ideas on how to start a campaign in your school or youth group.
We are what we do?
Authors of the book "We are what we do?" and founders of the "plastic ain't my bag" campaign. Really cool website with loads of easy environmentally-friendly suggestions. Check out our very own Toy Shoppe of London on their site!
The London Coalition Against Pollution
This site has local information, plus a whole lot of links about the environmental consequences of plastic bags. A must see, especially the links to plastic bags in the oceans
For retailers
We all win when we get rid of plastic bags
This website is mainly for retailers. It reminds you of the cost you pay for those plastic bags that you give out for free, and has suggestions on how to reduce them.
The Hidden Cost of Plastic Bags
http://www.daviscoop.com/grocery_bags.html
Follows the cost of plastic bags from production to destruction. Plastic bags are given out for free but they cost us more than you think.
Plastic Bag-free Modbury
http://www.plasticbagfree.com/
A great example of how retailers joined forces and made an entire town plastic bag free.
Some blogs about plastic bags:
http://www.bringyourbag.com/blog/
http://www.noplasticbags.blogspot.com/
http://www.abolishplasticbags.org.uk/?q=blog/1
Disclaimer: The London Plastic Bag project and affiliated organizations cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information provided. We do not accept any responsibility for consequences that may arise from using the material or from undertaking plastic bag reduction strategies.
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