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- volunteer
- donate money

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Spread awareness through social media

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-Taking your own containers to the fresh food counter in the supermarket.
-Using glass bottles.

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sign petitions
take part in demonstrations / protests

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taking money for plastic bags

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support more recycling

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Don't use a plastic cup for your coffee, rather bring your own cup

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reward companies which use degradable packaging

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Prohibition of throw-away products like to-go cups...

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They can inform other people by giving away brochures or give speeches

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Companies could significantly reduce their application of plastic by using different materials for their products instead of plastic. These are likely to be more expensive, but companies could then raise product prices dramatically to make a profit.
Paula Bettinger

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sort and recycle the garbage

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Use your own backpack or shopping bag

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they can make the consequences clearer to people

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Supermarkets can offer cloth bags instead of plastic bags for vegetables and fruits

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Disposal of waste to other special waste places instead of always choosing the cheapest way.

Jenevieve

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deposit return program for plastic bottles

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Reduce plastic in the production of other Products

Jenevieve

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ban microplastic in cosmetics

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-They can do research on alternatives to plastic and teach other organisations about it.
-They can start a campaign about plastic (with important info and challenges for their members, e.g. using glass bottlels or picking up trash from the street).
-They can make a podcast, videos or articles about the plastic problem and what their members can do to make a change.
-They can organize protests -like the Fridays for Future- to get the attention of the government to the plastic problem (maybe the ,,protests against plastic pollution"?).
-They can start a petition against plastic and convince their members to sign it.
-They can introduce their members to great companies who already do much in terms of preventing plastic.

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Participating in the deposit return scheme (e.g. RECUP) instead of selling nonreturnable plastic cups and bottles

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Plastic tax

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They can start programs with donations or volunteers.

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If you use Plastic bags. You can use them again. Leon Flachmeier

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If you use Plastic bags. You can use them again. Leon Flachmeier

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-Spread awareness of the consequences of plastic/
-Get volunteers to pick up plastic from the beaches/ ocean or other parts of nature
-They can organize information events for (interested) people.
-They can collect donations and then support researches for solutions or even do research on their own.
-Promote less consumption

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avoid buying plastic bags etc.

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reduction of plastic in their packages

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They want to change the plastic packaging by making companies / the industry use more paper packaging and introducing more cloth bags in society

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global plastic agreement

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Use as little plastic as possible
Antonia G.

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Buy unpacked / bulk food

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reduce unnecessary plastic
like coffee to go cups

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Reduce single-use plastics

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Julia Dobrzinski
-teach other organisations about using less/no plastic

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-Use cardboard dishes instead of plastic dishes
-Buy unpackaged fruit and vegetables
-Use multi-use shopping bags
-Don't throw plastic into nature / don‘t litter
-Avoid unnecessary plastic like plastic bags

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enact fees or bans on
plastic products (e.g. plastic bags)

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What can NGOs (non-governmental organizations) do?

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What can NGOs (non-governmental organizations) do?

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Eileen
-Other packaging materials would increase product prices

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-plastic is practical
-products have a longer durability when they are wrapped in plastic
-long life span
-variety of different uses
-hygenic packaging material
-plastic is lightweight and odourless
- plastic is reusable
Alexa

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Plastic provides many different kinds of packaging 

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Plastic provides many different kinds of packaging 

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Jenevieve
can be molded into various solid objects/ great versatility

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Connor

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Julia: It is not fragile, but very durable

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-Paula Best

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Paula Bettinger: Plastic products can be used multiple times.

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Connor

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Niklas G

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It can be used very often
Stine

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Paula Bettinger: Ocean pollution.

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-plastic is not sustainable; made from oil (fossil fuel)

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Plastic packaging protects the products. Leon Flachmeier

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Plastic becomes micro-plastic, which is highly dangerous to all living
beings; it enters the food chain
Jenevieve

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 not all kinds of plastic is recyclable

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leads to public health problems

(Nele)

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It‘s bad for nature
Stine

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Felix bu

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-many industries rely on plastic

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Paula Bettinger : Plastic is light weighted (may reduce energy consumption)

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Julia There are even worse materials out there.

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— not sustainable in the long way
-plastic (waste) is dumped into the environment
-> too much plastic (that is not properly disposed) leads to:
- water pollution (tiny waste particles)
-extinction or endangerment of species
-soil pollution
-land pollution
-marine pollution
Alexa

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- no cheap alternatives

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Adam

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- toxic chemicals are in plastic
-  species extinction
-soil pollution
- non-renewable resource
- microplastic

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Other options, which are better for the environment are too expensive, to produce in that quantity.
low production costs

Jenevieve

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Animals die from eating or being caught in plastic (products). Leon Flachmeier

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Julia We are dependent on plastic (industry) ——> uncomfortable / difficult to replace

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-Paula Best

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Julia It takes decades (400—1000 year) for plastics to fully decompose.

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Julia
plastic packaging entices littering (environmental pollution)

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Disposable tableware and plastic straws are going to be abolished in the European Union by 2021, which is why more and more sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic are coming onto the market.
Straws of metal
Using raw pasta as straws
Edible straws
Sugarcane dishes
Bamboo dishes
Wheat bran plates.

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If incinerated, it releases carbon emissions and toxic chemicals