Waste Less, Celebrate More Holiday Webinar

This holiday season, want to waste less and celebrate more? Waste from holiday meals, gift giving and packaging can trash our holiday spirit and harm the environment. We throw away at least 25% more trash during the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day than any other time of year.

At “Waste less, celebrate more” you’ll hear tips on how to reduce your waste during the holidays with our panel of experts from PIRG and Environment America. We’ll discuss zero waste gift ideas like experiences, pre-loved gifts, repaired gifts (did you know Pikes Peak Library District at Library21C offers a Repair Cafe to assist you?) and more.

Reducing what we consume helps us reduce manufacturing, transportation, and disposal pollution that impacts our climate and our environment – plus we can focus instead on what really matters.

For example, much of our clothing (polyester, nylon etc) and other purchases contain plastic. Plastics require extracting fossil fuels, a main ingredient, and a highly energy intensive conversion into plastics. And of course plastics and improper disposal are causing pollution to our air, land, water, and even our bodies.

What if during the holidays we focused less on things and more on coming together to help others, giving to good causes as a gift, and planning experiences that bring us together and will last a lifetime?

This topic also supplements the work our friends at Indivisible Colorado Springs are doing on trash and recycling.

So register now using the link below and join us to learn more as part of this “Beyond Plastic” series webinar from PIRG and Environment America.