BLOG – Your views on Parting with Plastic – Earth Day 2024
Earth Day is the world’s longest running and biggest environmental movement driving positive action for our planet.
In May 2024 150,000 partners in over 192 countries joined forces to reduce plastic production by 60% by 2040 and we were keen to ensure Greater Manchester residents were involved too!
We know that climate action takes lots of forms and every day, thousands of ordinary people across our city make choices which help reduce the impacts caused by climate change.
That’s why we wanted to hear your ideas on:
- What plastic have you already stopped using?
- What plastic do you think there should be less of?
We asked these questions on our website, encouraged participants on our programmes to answer and asked our followers on social media.
Here’s what people from across Greater Manchester had to say:
Already stopped:
Several people had already stopped using single use plastic bottles, happily moving to refillable versions.
Would like to use less of in the future:
Have your say!
World Environment Day on the 5th June brings together millions of people from across the globe, engaging them in the effort to protect and restore the Earth.
In 2024 World Environment Day focuses on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience under the slogan “Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration.” and we want to know your thoughts on what more should be done locally.