Plastic Free Faversham is a community group run by volunteers with the aim of raising awareness about the overuse of single-use plastic and other ecological issues. We endeavour to offer eco-friendly advice and alternatives to the lifestyle problems of our time.
As the COVID lockdown eases, single use plastic is on the rise!
We don’t want to go back to square one: default reliance on plastic. Post-COVID, single use plastic is no less pointless, no less polluting and no less pervasive than it ever was.
In fact, it’s gearing up for a big comeback, aided and abetted by fossil fuel manufacturers, lax government regulation and COVID anxiety.
There’s another way. We can get behind some of the big campaigns out there from SAS, Marine Conservation Society and City to Sea. We can also support all our local businesses working so hard to maintain a plastic-free environment.’
It's time to take ACTION!
Swale Recycling
What do those Symbols really mean?
You’ve probably noticed symbols like these on your plastic packaging, but do you know what they mean? The arrows going around in a circle may lead you to think that the symbols are telling you that the item can be recycled, but in fact they don’t mean that at all!
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Micro-fibers article 2020
The Massive Microplastic Problem
How to prevent your clothes creating plastic pollution.
Clothes made of 100% polyester, acrylic, nylon or polyamide = 100% plastic.
Washing releases thousands of tiny plastic fibres, also called microplastics. Some are caught by washing machine filters or in water-treatment processes, but smallest end up in the ocean. Click here to read more...
Businesses 2020
Business Solutions to the Plastic Problem
Advice on how to keep reusables on the menu in our favourite Faversham Cafes and other businesses. Click here
Petitions 2020. July
End Sewage Pollution with SAS
Surfers Against Sewage has started a petition calling on the UK Government to end sewage pollution and guarantee safe-seas all year round. Read & sign.
Water companies continue to legally pollute UK waters, exposing all-water users, as well as our delicate Ocean ecosystems to harm. Consequently, our water quality remains at the same dire level as it was in the 1990s, placing the UK a pitiful 25th out of 30 EU countries for coastal water quality.
Covid news. 2020. July
Disposable masks could kill
As the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic, more and more protective equipment is ending up in the sea. Watch this shocking BBC report which shows how an estimated 129 billion face masks have been used already this year, many of them not disposed of correctly. You can buy reusable masks from the following places in Faversham:
​- Coasts for Life's in Faversham Market, - Debbie Dee East on FB, & on the Nextdoor app., - Patsy Crouch on Nextdoor,- email: patsycrouch@gmail.com, - All Stitched Up in Court St, - Top Hats and Tales in west Street, - Barley Mow, - L Jay's Attic in Preston St, Buy online from Hope Fitzgerald. Sharon Godden at Faversham Safari (Everard Way).
Petitions. 2020. July
Sign the Petition!
Plastic is choking our oceans and killing marine life. Sign this Friends of the Earth Petition and tell the UK government that we need a new law to phase out plastic pollution.
Campaigns. 2020. July
Friends of the Earth
Check out the Friends of the Earth Campaigns page to find out more about other campaigns and how you can get involved in nationwide events.
Faversham recycling info
Where to recycle what in Faversham
Refills, TerraCycling, plastic-free stockists; click here to find them in Faversham! Includes the latest Covid 19 info...
Faversham info
Surfers Against Sewage in Faversham
In Spring 2019 Faversham Town achieved the Surfers Against Sewage 'Plastic Free Status'. Find out what this means for Faversham ...
Faversham info
Top tips
Click here for top tips for reducing your use of single-use plastic. It's easier than you think!
Faversham recycling info
Recycling in Swale
What you can and can't recycle is not always obvious. Click here for advice and links to Swale Borough Council for definitive answers.
Faversham info
Events & Campaigns
Plastic Free Faversham is always organising or helping to organise something! If you would like to take part or drop by to help out then click here to find out what's going down...
