Author: Sheffield Action on Plastic
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Calls for live music venues to ‘ditch the disposables’ at Tramlines Fringe
As Sheffield’s live music venues start recruiting their acts for the Tramlines Fringe Festival this year, Sheffield Action on Plastic, is calling on them to follow suit from the City Council, and ditch single-use plastic disposable cups, and instead switch to reusables. From 1 April, Sheffield City Council has banned traders from using single-use plastic…
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Powering the Reusable Revolution at Sheffield Food Festival
Sheffield Action on Plastic have been in dialogue with Sheffield Food Festival’s Alex and Naomi from Swan Events for a few years. When we met, Alex and Naomi expressed an interest to embed sustainability into the Sheffield Food Festival. The first year, 2024, Sheffield Action on Plastic didn’t have enough reusable cups and no deposit…
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The 2024 Review
So here we are at the end of 2024, and what an incredible year it’s been again for us. Highlights of the year included launching and running two Plastic Free Markets (thanks to the sponsorship from TravelMaster and Gripple), Thornbridge Brewery hiring 900 cups for the Crossed Wires Podcast Fringe Festival, and Sheffield City Council’s…
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The 2023 review
Wow what a year it’s been. We started 2023 as our sister group Plastic Free Sheffield Central, and we end the year as Sheffield Action on Plastic, on the cusp of rolling out a Reusable Coffee Cup Scheme and Plastic Free Markets! Our Reusable Revolution campaign has made great strides this year and we can’t…
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