Join us for food and fun without plastic trash at PASUP’s annual Plastic-Free Picnic! This event is free and welcoming to all; bring your family, friends, and neighbors!
Sunday, October 4, 2026
2:30-5:30pm
Pittsburgh Friends Meeting House
4836 Ellsworth Avenue, 15213
Bring food to share as we fight the tide of plastic trash! Challenge yourself to buy, prepare, and serve food without any single-use plastic (SUP)…or avoid as much as you can and bring the scraps with you. The lowest-SUP food wins a prize! (Please list all ingredients in your food to protect those with allergies.)
We’ll have plastic-free, non-alcoholic cold drinks. Please bring your washable dishes and utensils.
New this year: Bring your empty plastic prescription bottles, including lids, to a table at the picnic where you’ll learn
- what are the issues with REUSING prescription bottles; can they be washed effectively, or do drug residues remain?
- what packaging made from RENEWABLE resources might be used instead of plastic bottles, and how would the environmental impact differ?
- what can we do to REPURPOSE or RECYCLE the bottles that inevitably come into our lives while we wait for our pharmacies to change their packaging?
- who can we contact to demand less wasteful packaging?
In addition to studying the pill-bottle problem and enjoying a meal together, we’ll have:
- Speakers explaining various aspects of the SUP problem and what you can do to take action
- A chance to meet and learn about PASUP and other local groups working to make our world less plastic
- Vendors offering alternatives to plastic
- Games and activities!