Replacing single use plastics

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WHAT will be done

Description:

Ormeau Park welcomes anything between 200 and 500 runners every Saturday morning, at least 100 of whom partake in a glass of water, or tea of coffee afterwards. Parkrun is about keeping fit but the primary aim is to encourage communities to socialise together, and so the coffee aspect is important. It perturbed some of us to see styrofoam cups being used each week and binned, so we bought over 200 reusable Ikea cups which volunteers wash each week after use. This idea has spread so other park runs in Belfast do the same. We have been doing this for over a year, so have now prevented 1000s of single-use plastics ending up in landfill. We also ensure we take away any milk cartons or cardboard boxes from cake and recycle them. It is such a simple idea but has minimised both cost and environmental damage.

Location

WHERE it will take place

Country:

Ireland

Address:

Belfast
Glencregagh Drive
33
BT6 0NJ

Action Developer

WHO will run the show

Entity:

Ormeau Parkrun
# Association/NGO

How can you get in contact:

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/ormeau/

• WHEN

will it happen?

Dates of the proposed action:

16/11/2019, 23/11/2019

• WHY

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