As an individual:
✅ I choose reuse and refill over single-use, prioritising long-lasting products and packaging rather than disposable ones.
✅ I choose to support the cafés and restaurants that champion reuse over single-use and that accept reusable cups, containers and bottles for take-away.
✅ I favour grocery stores that offer packaging free and refill options and that allow me to use my own containers to purchase food and other products in bulk.
✅ When shopping online, I prioritise providers that offer reuse and refill options.
As an NGO:
✅ We commit to collaborate with decision makers, at all levels, to develop enabling policy frameworks for reuse systems.
✅ We commit to challenge businesses to champion reuse systems, and showcase real solutions, to accelerate the normalisation of reuse systems.
✅ We commit to equip consumers to make informed choices, by providing them with information and tools.
In order to make reuse the new normal, decision-makers must:
✅ Set reuse targets for each sector, including for transport, retail, food services and e-commerce.
✅ Set EU harmonised designs for containers, in order to scale-up reuse, as well as promote systems, such as deposit-return schemes, that support reuse.
✅ Adopt complementary measures, including targeted bans on single-use products, and economic incentives to implement reuse.
✅ Adopt public procurement policies that prioritise reuse services and products, for publicly-run and sponsored events and facilities.
In order to have reuse options for consumers in every sector, they must:
✅ Commit to a plastic footprint reduction policy, in order to dramatically reduce single-use plastic production and use.
✅ Reveal publicly their action plan with a timeline, which shows measurable, independently audited results by 2023.
✅ Reinvent delivery, retail and takeaway systems that disincentivize single-use, throwaway packaging; and prioritize significant investments in reusables and refill systems.
✅ Collaborate with producers, retailers, governments, and NGOs to create scalable, standardised and reusable solutions — including support for ambitious legislation that rewards plastics reduction, incentivises reuse systems, deposit return schemes, and penalises the overuse of plastics.
✅ Avoid false solutions, such as single-use bio-based, biodegradable and compostable alternatives.
✅ Remove hazardous chemicals and materials from their products and choose toxic-free materials and products.
In order to enable reuse for all citizens at the local level, public authorities must:
✅ Promote local, environmentally-friendly alternatives to single-use and implement economic incentives that support and prioritise reuse, such as deposit systems on reusable containers for beverages and food, or free tap water in public spaces.
✅ Introduce relevant local ordinances that prohibit and tax single-use items, and facilitate greater reuse and repair initiatives.
✅ Adopt public procurement policies that prioritise reuse services and products within municipally-run and sponsored events and facilities.
✅ Deliver clear and locally-tailored communications, explaining not only how, but also why, such measures are important and beneficial to the protection of the natural environment and the creation of local jobs.
✅ Monitor and analyse the remaining residual waste, to identify products and materials that need to be redesigned for reuse.
Ongoing campaign in Portugal
#NoPlasticChallenge
Happening each year in France
“Living with less plastic made easy. Championing the Refill Revolution!”
An ongoing campaign globally
Ongoing campaign in the UK
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/help-us-get-reusables-back-on-the-menu
Ongoing campaign in Germany
#ResetYourHabits
Reusable bottles can make the difference
Ongoing Campaign in Europe since 2017
https://surfrider.eu/en/our-missions/marine-litter/reset-your-habits-70158.html
#BreakThePlasticWave
Ongoing Campaign in Europe since 2019
https://surfrider.eu/en/our-missions/marine-litter/break-the-plastic-wave-70177.html
#StopEmballages
Annual campaign in France
https://www.zerowastefrance.org/projet/mon-commercant-zero-dechet/
Push for ambitious reuse targets politically
Reuse innovation projects with industry
#NewPlasticNarrative
Ongoing campaign in Denmark
Transition change towards a reuse society!
“From a throw-away society to real reusable solutions”
Ongoing in NL
An ongoing campaign globally
Campaign to support reuse and the reduction of waste from single-use packaging in municipalities; citizens can suggest specific municipalities, which will then be contacted by DUH
“Wir machen deine Stadt plastikfrei!”
Ongoing campaign in Germany
Ongoing campaign in Greece
#BantheBag
Europe 2010
https://surfrider.eu/en/our-missions/marine-litter/ban-the-bag-70160.html
Working with Consumers to encourage Reuse.
Ongoing campaign in Ireland
Ongoing campaign
Less is More!
Ongoing campaign in Slovenia
Drink local, choose tap water!
#drinktapwater
Ongoing campaign in Paros, Greece
https://www.deya-parou.gr/en/drink-tap-water/
https://www.deya-parou.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Water_Campaign_leaflet-EN.pdf
Ongoing campaign in the UK
Ongoing campaign in Ireland
Join the European movement to tackle plastic & toxic waste from period products – sign the bloody manifesto!
The #environmenstrual Revolution
Europe
https://zerowasteeurope.eu/library/the-bloody-manifesto/
https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/environmenstrual-week/)
#OceansZero
Europe 2018
https://surfrider.eu/en/our-missions/marine-litter/oceans-zero-70157.html
#pfanddrauf
Ongoing campaign in Austria
Ongoing campaign
Main hashtags: #wechoosereuse | #breakfreefromplastic
Secondary hashtags: #plasticpollutes | #reuserevolution | #circulareconomy | #notdisposable
The #WeChooseReuse campaign has launched!
We need systemic change in order to move away from single-use plastic and our disposable culture.
Let’s start by COMMITTING to reuse. We want reuse systems to be put in place NOW!
Sign the Commitment! https://bit.ly/36QjMGI
The #WeChooseReuse campaign has officially launched!
We need systemic change in order to move away from single-use plastic and our disposable culture, which is polluting our earth and affecting the health & wealth of our communities.
Products need to be redesigned for a circular economy, with packaging being seamlessly REUSED.
Join us by COMMITTING to reuse. Show policymakers and big business that we want reuse systems to be put in place NOW by signing the commitment!
#breakfreefromplastic #reuserevolution #circulareconomy #reuse #refill #choosetoreuse #plasticpollutes #justrecovery #notdisposable
Link: https://bit.ly/36QjMGI
The #WeChooseReuse campaign has officially launched!
We need systemic change in order to move away from single-use plastic and our disposable culture, which is polluting our earth and affecting the health & wealth of our communities.
Products need to be redesigned for a circular economy, with packaging being seamlessly REUSED.
Join us by COMMITTING to reuse. Show policymakers and big business that we want reuse systems to be put in place NOW by signing the commitment!
#breakfreefromplastic #reuserevolution #circulareconomy #reuse #refill #choosetoreuse #plasticpollutes #justrecovery #notdisposable
Link: https://bit.ly/36QjMGI
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