Celebrate your month of action by joining us tonight at 7pm ET for our free webinar, “Excellent Alternatives to Plastic Packaging”.

Take today to assemble your plastic bag monster from the bags or single-use items you collected all month long. Snap a photo, post on social media and tag both @beyondplastics and @plasticfreejuly. 

Join the growing grassroots movement of people working to reduce plastic pollution in their own towns and cities! Check out our map to see if there is a Beyond Plastics Local Group or Affiliate near you. If not, find 2-3 people who want to start one.

Visit your local botanical garden. Many across the country are participating in Plastic Free July.

We hope you've made some progress toward your plastic-free goals and would love for you to share them with us. Follow Beyond Plastics on your favorite social media platforms, post a photo of your action and tag us!

Check out ways to protect your pet from microplastics and chemicals.

Are you part of a faith community? Download the Beyond Plastics Toolkit for Houses of Worship, share it with the leadership, and offer to help them take the practical steps it lays out.

Give out this one-page handout on reducing plastic to your favorite restaurants, cafes, and bars. If you want extra credit, you can offer to conduct a plastic audit for the establishment using the template from our guide, “Hold the Plastic Please, A Restaurant’s Guide to Reducing Plastic”.

Schedule an in-district constituent meeting with an elected official about Skip the Stuff, or another single-use plastic policy that has already been introduced. 

Find and book a venue, like your local library, to host a screening and panel discussion.

This summer, while the grill and air are hot, host a plastic-free BBQ or other event. Download our guide on Hosting a Plastic-Free, Low Waste Event to help you prepare.

Schedule a Plastic Free Lunch Day between November 17th - November 21st, 2025 at a local school, or set one up at your workplace this summer.

Start a Beyond Plastics Book Club— be sure to check back often to see what new books we have listed.

Summer is a great time to host a postcard party and postcards are a great way to deliver a short note to your elected officials about a particular bill and how you’d like them to support it.

Invite friends, family and neighbors over for a sewing party to create produce or shopping bags to donate to a co-op or food pantry, or to give customers outside of a larger grocery store before they enter.

Reduce, reuse and refill are the only real solutions to the growing plastic pollution crisis outside of policy change so find and visit a refill store near you, and get to it!

Watch this interview with Dr. Robert Bullard, ‘Father of Environmental Justice’.

You can both raise awareness of your cause and also catch the attention of decision-makers or corporate targets with a well-crafted, well-placed letter to the editor.

Write a letter to the CEO of your local grocery store urging them to reduce single-use plastic packaging in their store.

Conduct a plastic audit in your home or at your workplace.

Make a plastic free swap in your home.

Stream the documentary “Plastic Wars” via PBS.org.

Tell companies you want them to make your tea plastic free.

There are many ways to reduce plastic in your garden. Choose from a list of ideas, like replacing your plastic watering can with a galvanized steel one.

Plastic is a fossil fuel product. Find out if your bank is financing fossil fuels and look for a better option.

Sign up for the fall session of Judith Enck’s Beyond Plastic Pollution Virtual Class, offered by Bennington College’s Center for the Advancement of Public Action.

Switch to a stainless steel or glass reusable water bottle.

Bring a reusable dish to place leftovers in while dining out.

“Choose to Up Cup”, or bring your own (BYO) reusable mug or glass jar when you are out getting a beverage today.

Register now to join us via Zoom on Thursday, July 31 at 7:00 PM ET US for this informative and free educational webinar.