Created by university students, Day Without a Bottle is a day of action and awareness around one of the main contributors to plastic pollution: bottled water (and other beverages bottled in disposable plastic). The event proposes to halt the purchase of disposable plastic bottles for one day on campus. The strategy to create a Day Without a Bottle has the following components:
- raise awareness about the risk bottled water poses to the environment and to ourselves.
- raise awareness about the easy alternatives to buying beverages bottled in plastic (ie. hydration stations, reusables etc.)
- distribute free reusable stainless steel bottles as an incentive to participate in events
- collect pledge signatures of promise to refuse disposable plastic
- host representatives from organizations and business that support stopping plastic pollution. This will raise awareness about plastic free initiatives, business, and environmental impacts, and will include information tables, lectures, workshops and film screenings.
How do I host my own Day Without a Bottle or get more involved? Contact Plastic Free Campuses at campus@plasticpollutioncoalition.org
