The Plastic Purge

Join the Plastic Purge & reduce single-use plastic on campus

The Plastic Purge 

Are you fed up of single-use plastic? So are we! This is why Green Mary is launching the Plastic Purge, a new campaign to reduce single-use plastic usage on campus. To show your support to this campaign, please sign up HERE

From single-use plastic water bottles, disposable coffee cups, plastic bags, plastic cups, straws, micro-breads in cosmetics to food wrapped in plastic unnecessarily: Plastic is everywhere!

We believe there is so much each one of us can do to reduce plastic usage and therefore plastic waste: From getting a reusable water bottle, to shopping plastic free this campaign will show you the way to purge plastic from your live, one cup at a time!

Here is our events calendar: 

Bring Your Own Cup Breakfast * Monday 4th * 11-1 pm * Library square, Mile End 

Join Green Mary for a morning cuppa tea/coffee and some cakes. Free Fair Trade coffee, tea & cakes for those who bring their own mug!

Recycle For What is Worth * Every Thursday this March * 12-2 pm * Library square & Ground cafe, Mile End

Join us for Green Mary’s Recycling Days & reveal the mysteries of recycling. 

My Plastic-Free Life * Tuesday 12th & 26th * 12-2 pm * Library square, Mile End

Fed up of plastic? Would you like some tips to cut it down? Stop by our pop-up stall and chat with us!

Movie Night: A Plastic Ocean * Tuesday 12th * 6.30 pm * G.1 LT, Center for comercial law studies, Lincolns Inn Fields 

Come along to this screening, an epic adventure around the world to uncover the truths about plastic pollution.

Wear it Green * Tuesday 19th * All day * All campuses 

Wear it green to help us raise environmental awareness at Queen Mary, inspire and empower our community to take positive action.

Refill Not Landfill * Tuesday 19th * 12-2 pm * Library square, Mile End 

Green Mary has gone on a water fountain hunt to locate the 20+ water fountains available on campus. Would you like to know where they are? Come and chat with us, get a water fountain campus map and a new brand reusable water bottle!

Movie Night: Blue Planet II - Special on plastics * Tuesday 19th * 6.30 pm * Room 1.15, Francis Bancroft Building, Mile End

Come along to this screening, a close look into the environmental issues behind Blue Planets' most spectacular stories.

Movie Night: Plastic China * Thursday 28th * 6.30 pm * Room 1.13, Francis Bancroft Building, Mile End

Come along to this screening, a portrait of poverty, ambition and hope set in a world of waste.

If you want to reduce single-use plastic on campus, please show your support to this campaign by signing up HERE

 

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If you have any questions please contact Montse Oliver at montse.oliver@qmul.ac.uk

 

 

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