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Your Ultimate Guide to Plastic Free July and Going Plastic Free

It’s Plastic Free July and we love this time of year! It’s a fun month to take part in a global movement for the benefit of our planet. We’ve talked about Plastic Free July and going plastic free on our blog a lot, so here is an ultimate guide to Plastic Free July to help you navigate your way through the month!

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What is Plastic Free July

Get to know about Plastic Free July, what it’s all about, and why to get involved.

What to Know About Plastic Free July

Why to Get Involved in Plastic Free July 2023

Preparing for Plastic Free July

Start turning your mind towards Plastic Free July and all the ideas surrounding plastic, reducing plastic waste, and our planet’s future.

Getting Prepped and Ready for Plastic Free July

50 Thoughts to Start Plastic Free July

How to Face Overwhelming Climate Change Topics Like Plastic

How plastic enters our lives and practical ways to reduce it

Preparing for Plastic Free July 2026

Waste Audit: What, Why, and How to Complete One

Learning About Plastic

Plastic is a catch-phrase in itself. There is so much to learn about plastic and why it causes so many issues for our planet.

Unique Plastic Solutions: 6 Innovations for a Greener Future

The hidden cost of convenience: Types of plastic pollution and their impact

Plastic Free July: 8 Types of Plastic to Know About

Looking into the Life Cycle of Plastic

Plastic Free Swaps

Consider some ideas for swapping out plastic in your life for plastic free alternatives.

31 Plastic Free Swaps for Plastic Free July

Reviewing 8 Sustainable Swaps: What I Love and What I Can Live Without

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Going Plastic Free Room by Room

Take a look at each space in the house to determine where plastic needs to be cleared out.

Kitchen

Plastic Free July: Food

Plastic Free July: Homemade Ice Cream

Plastic Free Tofu: An Honest Red Lentil Tofu Recipe Review

5 Easy and Sustainable Alternatives to Plastic Wrap

Bathroom

Plastic Free Bathroom

Plastic Free July: Personal Care Products

Bluebird Pads – A Plastic Free Period

How to go Plastic Free with your Toilet Paper

Around the house and yard

Plastic Free July: Plastic In Our Clothing

Introducing Terrera and their Sustainable Bamboo Sheet Sets

How Good are Cork Yoga Mats? A Scoria World Review

Plastic Free Laundry Routine

Plastic Free July: Gardening

Plastic Free July: 5 steps to a fun and frugal picnic

Plastic Free DIY Alternatives

Get creative and try out some plastic free, do it yourself alternatives.

Homemade Dryer Sheets

Make Your Own Deodorant

Three Simple DIY Home Spa Day Gifts

A Second Try at Making DIY Beeswax Wraps

Fun and frugal summer activities: Making popsicles with kids

How to create a home refillery

Plastic Free Kitchen DIY

Plastic Free Occasions

From birthdays to Christmas to back to school, there is always a way to reduce plastic waste.

5 Steps to Zero Waste Back-to-School

7 Eco-friendly beach essentials for sustainable summer days

10 Easy Ways to Reduce Waste on Your Birthday

Plastic Free Gift Wrap

7 Ways to Have a Zero Waste Valentine’s Day

4 Ways to Reduce Waste this Halloween

6 Options for Halloween Candy with Recyclable Packaging

7 Ways to Reduce Your Waste This Halloween

20 Easy DIY Costumes to Make this Halloween

5 Eco-friendly Christmas crafts: Upcycled decorations using cardboard

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Reflecting on your Plastic Free July Experience

After a month of focusing on reducing plastic it’s a good practice to stop and reflect on how things went.

Reflections on Plastic and Plastic Free July

Plastic Free July: 5 Best Posts from the Month

Plastic Free July: 3 Years On

Going Waste Free Doesn’t Have to be Fancy or Expensive

What to do when plastic shows up in your life

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