Plastics Awareness Project - we're not done yet! Get involved with your community - sign up here.  

After completing 6 weeks of classes (in the Spring of 2024) through the Plastics Awareness Project, and hearing from Eileen Ryan from Beyond Plastics,  the College Park Climate Action Neighborhood, advocates for a more plastic free world have decided to take the next steps in community action. Inspired by Eileen who worked to reduce single use plastics in her hometown in Watertown, MA,  as well as encourage big name stores like Trader Joe's to take back their own unnecessary plastic packaging, we felt compelled to do similar work here in Lancaster. 

It’s easy to get discouraged or to put our heads in the sand, but finding hope or strength of purpose through the collective work of our community was and still is one of the reasons we started our College Park Climate Action Neighborhood. 

We're ready to put that inspiration to work,  attempting to change the systemic failure of managing our plastic waste, especially single-use plastics. 

We all come with our own specific and abundant skill sets and talents. We also all come with our own time constraints and commitments. But we’ve also been showing up to the Plastic Awareness Project, or perhaps you've been following along on our website. So how do we pull all of that together with our goals to assess, minimize and advocate?  

Take a moment to complete this short Next Steps to Collective Plastic Reduction Advocacy form and see how you too can be a part (however large or small) of making a difference in our community. 

For more information please email: CollegeParkCAN@gmail.com