A Conscious Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time

How to Give Up Plastic

Simple steps to living consciously on our blue planet

'We have a responsibility, every one of us' David Attenborough 
 
Around 12.7 million tonnes of plastic are entering the ocean every year, killing over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals. By 2050 there could be more plastic in the ocean than fish by weight. 
 
But how can YOU make a difference? 
 
This accessible guide will help you make the small changes that make a big difference, including: 
 
· Using a wash bag to catch plastic microfibers 
· Replacing your regular shampoo with bar shampoo 
· How to throw a plastic-free birthday party 
 
Plastic is not going away without a fight. This is a call to arms - to join forces across the world and end our dependence on plastic. 
 
#BreakFreeFromPlastic

This timely book not only explains how we got into this mess, but most importantly offers an optimistic and proactive approach as to how we can get out of it

Richard Walker, Managing Director of Iceland

If you care about seabirds, turtles, fish, family, friends, planet, this book is for you - a profound, passionate, and practical guide to taking action on plastics.

Jennifer Ackerman, author of The Genius of Birds

It's no small exaggeration to say this book changed the way I think. It is a welcome corrective, a plangent and necessary call to arms.

Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix

Will McCallum's How to Give Up Plastic is an important step in confronting this huge problem. If everyone took up just one of the changes he suggests the planet would be much healthier.

Will McCallum is the Head of Oceans at Greenpeace and the spokesperson for their campaign against the use of plastics.

Plastic is everywhere - from the deepest canyons in the ocean to the frozen Arctic tundra. 12.7 million tonnes of plastic are entering the ocean every year, killing over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals; by 2050 there is likely to be more plastic in the ocean than fish by weight. Plastic pollution is the environmental scourge of our age, but how can you make a difference? 
 
This book offers a handy guide for what we can do in our own homes, communities and workplaces to start bringing about the end of our plastic dependent age. It covers all ground, from easy wins such as using a reusable keep cup for your morning coffee, to lesser-known hacks like fixing a filter to your washing machine to catch some of the mircofibres released from your clothes (microfibers are responsible for up to 30% of plastic in the ocean). But it will also help you to be a part of big changes, offering insights into how to lobby for impactful legislation and how to put pressure on big corporations to reduce the use of plastic on a global scale. 
 
Packed with the latest research, useful tips, and anecdotes from scientists in the field and success stories from local communities round the world - this is an essential overview of why we should all be working together no matter where we are in the world to reduce the amount of plastic being produced.

Will McCallum

Abridged Edition

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. 
 
How to Give Up Plastic, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly. 
 
Around 12.7 million tonnes of plastic are entering the ocean every year. By 2050 there could be more plastic in the ocean than fish by weight. But YOU can make a difference. This book will help you to use less plastic in your homes and communities. 
 
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Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys.

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