Plymouth’s Action Against Plastic Pollution

Plan for Plastics

In 2018 Britain’s Ocean City: Plastics Task Force created the first Plymouth’s Plan for Plastics in a truly citywide collaboration of organisations, businesses, education organisations, research establishments and communities. Since then, updated information and further clarity on the key priorities has been developed in the 2020 update to the Plan.

To find out more about Plymouth’s Plan for Plastics and the Britain’s Ocean City: Plastics Task Force, click here

Preventing Plastic Pollution Project

Working in partnership with 18 organisations from across France and England, the Britain’s Ocean City: Plastics Task Force have successfully secured money to contribute towards the Preventing Plastic Pollution Project. The Project seeks to understand and reduce the impacts of plastic pollution in the marine environment.

To find out more about the Preventing Plastic Pollution Project, click here

Plastic Free Plymouth

On Friday 8 June 2018, it was announced that Plymouth was the first UK city to be accredited by the global charity Surfers Against Sewage with Plastic Free Communities status for its waterfront district. This makes Plymouth the first in the UK to achieve such status for a city district. The application for the Plastic Free Communities status was led by Environment Plymouth, with support from the Britain’s Ocean City Plastics Taskforce.

To find out more about Plastic Free Plymouth, click here

What can you do?

There are lots of things you can do to help your local environment and tackle the scourge of avoidable plastics.

To find out more about ways you can get involved, click here

Buy a reuseable cup

You could buy one of the new One Plymouth / Britain’s Ocean City branded reuseable cups. These are available from a range of outlets in Plymouth or you can buy one on the One Plymouth website.

Partners involved in the Britain’s Ocean City Plastics Taskforce

This is such an important issue that no single organisation can do this alone so partners from a range of public, private and voluntary sector organisations have joined together to have maximum impact through the Britain’s Ocean City Plastics Taskforce.

• Plymouth City Council
• Plymouth Waterfront Partnership
• Destination Plymouth
• Environment Plymouth
• National Marine Aquarium
• University of Plymouth
• Plymouth Community Homes
• Theatre Royal
• Redrok
• Marine Biological Association
• Babcock
• Plymouth Marine Laboratory
• Environment Agency