How to Give Up Plastic, Will McCallum
How to Give Up Plastic, Will McCallum
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How to Give Up Plastic
A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time

Author: Will McCallum

Narrator: Jonathan Cowley

Unabridged: 4 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 07/16/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

An accessible guide to the changes we can all make—small and large—to rid our lives of disposable plastic and clean up the world’s oceans

It takes 450 years for a plastic bottle to fully biodegrade, and there are around 12.7 million tons of plastic entering the ocean each year. At our current pace, in the year 2050 there could be more plastic in the oceans than fish, by weight. These are alarming figures, but plastic pollution is an environmental crisis with a solution we can all contribute to.

How to Give Up Plastic is a straightforward guide to eliminating plastic from your life. Going room by room through your home and workplace, Greenpeace activist Will McCallum teaches you how to spot disposable plastic items and find plastic-free, sustainable alternatives to each one. From carrying a reusable straw, to catching microfibers when you wash your clothes, to throwing plastic-free parties, you’ll learn new and intuitive ways to reduce plastic waste. And by arming you with a wealth of facts about global plastic consumption and anecdotes from activists fighting plastic around the world, you’ll also learn how to advocate to businesses and leaders in your community and across the country to commit to eliminating disposable plastics for good.

Includes a PDF of Plastic-Plan Worksheets, an Annotated Persuasive Letter, and an Annotated Press Release

About The Author

Will McCallum has been at the heart of the anti-plastics movement for the past three years, in his role as Head of Oceans at Greenpeace UK. He regularly meets with the government and companies to implore them to help tackle the plastic crisis. He leads the global Greenpeace campaign to create the world’s largest protected area in the Antarctic Ocean. He recently spent a month in Antarctica with his team, investigating whether plastic is reaching the most remote region on the planet. He is a keen long-distance runner and regularly goes sea kayaking to explore the UK coast.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dannii on June 13, 2018

I already knew plastic waste was having an impact on our wildlife and landscape, but just how devastating this impact is was heart-breaking to read about. The first 50 pages of this book provided numerous examples of how we are harming our planet through the plastic wastage that is littering our ear......more

Goodreads review by Bianca (Away) on April 14, 2021

In case you've been living in the sky and haven't noticed yet, our planet is drowning in plastic. Every minute, the equivalent of 1 truck of plastic rubbish finds its way into the oceans. Then there's the microplastics from cosmetic, cleaning products, toothpaste etc. There's also the microfibers tha......more

Goodreads review by Mara on July 28, 2019

This is a really practical & helpful guide to how to systematically reduce using single use plastics in your own life, and for that alone, it is quite successful. What I really appreciated about it was that a) there was a pragmatic understanding that it is nearly impossible to fully give up plastics......more

Goodreads review by Gabriela on September 12, 2019

Ao uns tempos para cá tenho tentado tomar consciência do lixo que produzo e principalmente o plástico. Ao tentar evitar o plástico dei-me conta que é muito difícil de combate-lo, o plástico está entranhado na sociedade e usa-se em praticamente tudo. Tenho tentado ao poucos reduzir na quantidade dest......more

Goodreads review by Simona on October 26, 2019

12,7 milioni di tonnellate di plastica uccidono ogni anno più di 1 milione di uccelli e 100 mila mammiferi marini Entro il 2050 potrebbe esserci più plastica che pesci nell'oceano. Sono dati preoccupanti e allarmanti forniti da Greenpeace che riguardano il futuro del pianeta. Sono dati che raccontano......more


Quotes

“Will McCallum’s How to Give Up Plastic is an important step in confronting this huge problem. If everyone took up just one of the changes he suggests the planet would be much healthier.” —Mark Kurlansky, author of Cod and Milk!

“If you care about seabirds, turtles, fish, family, friends, planet, this book is for you—a profound, passionate, and practical guide to taking action on plastics.”  —Jennifer Ackerman, New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds

“When the first plastic bag literally launched 53 years ago, our planet entered the unholy Age of the Plasticene. Microplastics in our clothing? Individually wrapped everything? WTF? It’s no small exaggeration to say this book changed the way I think. It is a welcome corrective, a plangent and necessary call to arms.” —Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix

“Accessible and optimistic… A galvanizing alternative to ominous media prophecies of inevitable environmental disaster.” —Booklist