{"id":439,"date":"2023-07-01T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/?p=439"},"modified":"2023-07-01T03:32:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T03:32:06","slug":"july-2023-plastic-free-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/2023\/07\/01\/july-2023-plastic-free-july\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2023: Plastic Free July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello, potatoes! Happy midsummer, and happy Plastic Free July!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What, you may ask, is Plastic Free July?! It\u2019s just what it sounds like! It\u2019s a challenge to replace the disposable plastic you use with reusables for the month of July \u2014 and we\u2019re asking you (YOU!!!!) to participate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s very simple! First, make an inventory of disposable plastic you use \u2014 things like shopping bags, straws, cutlery, and wrappers, for example. Then figure out how you can replace them! Here are some ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Shopping bags \u2014 take tote bags or paper shopping bags with you (and if you already have plastic shopping bags, you can reuse them as trash bags)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Produce bags \u2014 reuse the plastic ones from the store or bring your own<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Straws and cutlery \u2014 take reusable ones with you (in your eco bag hehe)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Water bottles \u2014 make sure to bring your own water bottle so you don\u2019t have to buy one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wrappers \u2014 make your own snacks as much as possible!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plastic bottles and containers \u2014 buy in bulk and reuse containers, and if you can, turn in the bottles and get refills (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.byocco.com\/\">BYOC co.<\/a> sells refills of things like soap!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Takeout containers \u2014 bring reusable containers with you to restaurants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trash bags \u2014 wrap up trash in newspaper, or put it in a sealed container you wash out each day! If you\u2019re required to bag your trash, use any disposable bags you already have<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/zerowaste.org\/ann-arbor\/\">zero-waste city guide<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So what do you say? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasticfreejuly.org\/take-the-challenge\/\">Do you accept the challenge?!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We wish you a potatoey and plastic-free month!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, potatoes! Happy midsummer, and happy Plastic Free July!!! What, you may ask, is Plastic Free July?! It\u2019s just what it sounds like! It\u2019s a challenge to replace the disposable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potatosquad.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}