Plastic, specifically single-use plastic, is ubiquitous in all of our lives. Food, beauty products, household items – nearly all come with in plastic bag, container or even both. In this episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast, host Isabelle Sparrow is joined by Daniel Webb, founded and CEO of Everyday Plastic, to discuss how we can collectively reduce the 1.7 billion pieces of plastic thrown away in the UK every week. We learn about plastic-busting campaigns led by City to Sea (the organisation behind Refill), from CEO Natalie Fée, and about the challenges and of starting a plastic-free beauty brand from KinKind founder Victoria Coe. 

Listen now and hear: 

• About the Big Plastic Count, the biennial citizen science project to determine the current situation with plastic waste in the UK. 
• The story of City to Sea – how witnessing plastic pollution in her home city led Natalie to start her amazing organisation. 
• About the opportunity for retailers and big brands to lead the way in reducing plastic.

Full transcript available at: https://carboncopy.eco/podcasts/use-less-plastic

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Show notes  

• Find out more about using less plastic: https://carboncopy.eco/takeaction/use-less-plastic  
• Explore all 25 Big Local Actions: https://carboncopy.eco/takeaction   
• Listen back to previous episodes and series of the Carbon Copy Podcast: https://carboncopy.eco/podcast   
• Find out about Everyday Plastic: https://www.everydayplastic.org/ 
• Learn about the Big Plastic Count: https://thebigplasticcount.com/ 
• Visit the City to Sea website: https://www.citytosea.org.uk/  
• See the work of Chris Jordan and watch the film Albatross: https://www.albatrossthefilm.com/  
• Find out more about KinKind: https://kinkind.co.uk 
• Read about the Global Plastics Treaty: https://www.unep.org/inc-plastic-pollution 
• Find out about the Refill campaign: https://www.refill.org.uk/ 
• Read about the Plastic Free Communities initiative: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/plastic-free-communities  
• Listen to our podcast episode, Bottle By Bottle: https://carboncopy.eco/podcasts/bottle-by-bottle  

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