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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

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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

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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

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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