Plastic Diet

Mission 1: Avoid Plasticide.

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Seeking pool nets for an action coming up next week. If you’re in Auckland and you’ve got one of these to lend us for a day, please let us know!

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Oh well, nice knowing you all. THANKS JACINDA.

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Catch the Plastic Diet crew at two Recycling Week events:

Core team member Briar will be chatting recycling and why it’s not all it’s made out to be tomorrow at 10am, and the whole team will... https://t.co/9pFmMZ2EPf

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The Victoria University branch of Plastic Diet is having it's AGM tomorrow. If you're at Victoria and you want to get invovled in zero waste activism, go to their AGM:

(There is also free pizza). https://t.co/C5jtdFd9p7

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Typhoon Mangkhut is linked to so much environmental degradation.

More intense, more frequent weather events are a direct... https://t.co/WBB2Ek8xpm

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It’s about time this initiative was revealed for what it really is: a greenwash! The best way to reduce waste to landfill (and to the oceans, and everywhere else we find soft plastics....) is to not purchase it in the first place. https://t.co/791eN4EtE5

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It's (finally) time to Ban the Bag! - https://t.co/HyiTb0F4pL

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Greenpeace is launching their plastic pollution action plan now - check out the livestream here (bonus: you’ll also hear from one of the Plastic Diet core team members!)

https://t.co/VDBQp6Tpo5 https://t.co/yxKoRjJQWQ

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TFW you announce you're banning plastic bags and accidentally mislead everyone into a false sense of security when really they need to submit during the consultation period to ensure that the legislation we end up... https://t.co/leyEzuJbx9

[Greenpeace Aotearoa @GreenpeaceNZ]

WIN!!!! 💚💛♥️💙

The NZ Govt has announced it will phase out single-use plastic bags!
This is a HUGE win brought about by tens of thousands of New Zealanders pushing for action.

This is People Power in action: https://t.co/crGzl7OJ3H

#plasticstrategy #banthebagnz

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Plastic accounts for 78% of all rubbish on New Zealand beaches. Add to the equation our numerous threatened seabird species and... well....

“New Zealand... https://t.co/YMXsCrr8dc

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The New Zealand government this morning has announced plans for a mandatory ban on plastic bag to be put in place by July 2019. We need to submit on the plans to ensure that this becomes a legislative reality applied... https://t.co/385IvFFlq6

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Are you at Victoria University or do you know anyone who is? Plastic Diet at Vic is restarting our weekly Waste Watchers Wednesday programme from this Wednesday. If you'd like to help out, check out the event (or even just share it): https://t.co/B9BsJbxOUY

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Make sure you RSVP now for the Community Zero Waste Hui AND awards evening coming up in July! This is an awesome opportunity to meet a bunch of waste champions from across Auckland and celebrate their waste minimisation mahi... https://t.co/ypzPaybXNE

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@sunshinesylvia8 @LifeWoutPlastic @plasticSrubbish @PlasticPollutes It's a sad disposable economy we live in :/

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The feels when you can't quuuuiiiite crack the idea of responsibility for your own contributions to environmental degradation... https://t.co/HCkEYfjac9

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“Hu... https://t.co/aCvypxqg1X

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The microbead ban comes into effect today! Check out our spokeperson @sailorgarcon giving the downlow on why we should celebrate this. https://t.co/n3Pi2XnbMm

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Our spokesperson Ben talked to Newshub about why we’re so keen to celebrate the ban on plastic microbeads in Aotearoa New Zealand that comes into effect today.... https://t.co/EyzUWbK1Hn

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Our AGM is tonight at 6 (including free pizza)! Come through the main arts doors, take a left until you reach the stairwell, go down one floor and room 202 will be on your right!