It was great to see a lot of plastic-fighting people at PASUP’s Plastic-Free Picnic! We enjoyed a wide variety of food that was bought, prepared, and served with the smallest possible amount of single-use plastic (SUP), and we talked about our journeys to that table picking our way around allContinue Reading
Everyone enjoyed food and fun without plastic trash at PASUP’s 2024 Plastic-Free Picnic, so let’s do it again! This event is free and welcoming to all; bring your family, friends, and neighbors! Sunday, October 5, 20253:00-6:00pmPittsburgh Friends Meeting House4836 Ellsworth Avenue, 15213 Bring food to share as we fight theContinue Reading
Join Pittsburghers Against Single-Use Plastic for a community potluck on the front porch and lawn of the Pittsburgh Friends Meeting House in Shadyside. Bring a dish to share–and reusable dishes to use! This event is free and welcoming to all, so please bring your family, friends, and neighbors! Sunday, AugustContinue Reading
PASUP had a table at Earth Fest at the Macoskey Center for Sustainability Education & Research at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania on April 20. In addition to talking with people about the many issues related to single-use plastic, we offered coloring pages for kids. One young artist did notContinue Reading
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by Becca Stallings Beginning October 14, 2023, Pittsburgh retail establishments stopped placing purchases in single-use plastic shopping bags. Businesses are allowed to sell paper bags (minimum 40% recycled content) for 10c each. Why? Single-use plastic (SUP) is a serious environmental issue, but why target shopping bags in particular? American consumersContinue Reading
Recycling seems like such a good idea, so why does 94% of plastic discarded in the United States get trashed? What can we do?Continue Reading
Students from Allegheny College, Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham University, University of Pittsburgh, and West Virginia University spoke about efforts to reduce single-use plastic on campus, how these efforts were affected by the pandemic, and new improvements they hope to implement. Watch the video here!Continue Reading
Learn more about what’s happening in places other than Pittsburgh, and get inspired to tackle the plastic problem both globally and worldwide!Continue Reading
Ongoing efforts to control the Covid-19 pandemic include wearing face masks. Although any kind of mask somewhat reduces transmission of coronavirus, recent developments in the spread of the Omicron variant have led many epidemiologists to recommend that everyone wear N-95 or KN-95 disposable masks because they seal against the faceContinue Reading
