PLASTIC FREE PECKHAM
TOWARDS A CLEANER LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND A GREENER PLANET.
WHO WE ARE
Part of the Plastic Free Communities network with Surfers Against Sewage
We are a volunteer group of local residents, working with Peckham schools, businesses and Southwark Council to rid our community of single use plastic.
8,000,000 pieces of plastic pollution find their way into our oceans every day, and 80% of this comes from land-based sources: the cities and towns where many of us live, work and buy plastic packaged items every day. We’re working to reduce the amount of plastic we all rely on so much. It’s not about removing all plastic from our lives. It’s about kicking our addiction to avoidable single-use plastic, and changing the system that produces it.
We're part of a network of 800 communities around the UK working to remove single use plastic at source, by educating local school communities and small businesses about the impacts of plastic, and other options available to them. Our parent charity, Surfers Against Sewage, is also working to remove single use plastic at its source, by lobbying government and chain supermarkets.
