Global Plastic Bag Challenge

Our Vision: To Create A World With Zero Single-Use Plastic Bags

Reducing plastics in our everyday life is a global challenge as ridding our oceans and landfills of dangerous plastics is important to preserving our environment. Many organizations are doing their part to clean up this pervasive pollutant and protect wildlife as well as delicate ecosystems in the process.

 
 

Mission:

  • To affect lasting change by reducing and ultimately eliminating the use and availability/flow of single-use plastic bags

  • Engage all segments of community - consumers, businesses, community leaders and municipalities - in simple, meaningful actions that prioritize the environment so that we and future generations live in a cleaner, safer world

 
 

Facts and Figures

Get Involved

  • Sponsorship

    • Bag Programs - Schools and Businesses

  • Campaign: PlasticBagsZero

“Plastic Bags Zero” is an easy and effective way for any individual to make their contribution to saving the planet. The goal of the campaign is to enable consumers to take direct and immediate action to reduce the number of single use plastic bags in their daily lives. The campaign is an easy way for consumers to focus on the goal of zero single-use plastic bags and to subliminally performance at every shopping excursion as they drive towards this goal. The gamification and socialization of the campaign makes it fun, engaging and memorable - something in which everyone and anyone can participate.

  • Media

 

Campaign Zero

PlasticBagsZero

“Plastic Bags Zero” is an easy and effective way for any individual to make their contribution to saving the planet. The goal of the campaign is to enable consumers to take direct and immediate action to reduce the number of single use plastic bags in their daily lives. The campaign is an easy way for consumers to focus on the goal of zero single-use plastic bags and to subliminally performance at every shopping excursion as they drive towards this goal. The gamification and socialization of the campaign makes it fun, engaging and memorable - something in which everyone and anyone can participate.

Media Platforms:

  • Website

  • Instagram

  • Facebook

Messaging:

Saving the planet is as easy as keeping score! Every time you avoid single-use plastic carry out AND produce bags, you score 1 for the planet and plastic bags - zero!

It’s that simple, yet the effects are immediate and invaluable.

How It Works:

  • Take picture at the end of a shopping excursion from your local supermarket or convenience store showing all of your packed goods in either paper bags or multi-use shopping bags - NO PLASTIC BAGS.

  • Post picture on Instagram and/or Facebook with #PlasticBagsZero

Helpful Hints:

  1. Keep lightweight, reusable shopping bags in your car, backpacks and purses for those unexpected trips to the supermarket

  2. Plan trips to the supermarket ahead of time

  3. and ensure reusable shopping bags are stored with keys