I USE MY OWN TAKE OUT CONTAINERS I CHALLENGE YOU TO DO THE SAME! Every year, billions of pounds of waste ends up in the oceans, forming city sized islands made entirely of trash. A vast majority of this trash is plastic, meaning it will take thousands of years to decompose. The plastics industry produces about 0.4 million tonnes per year of phthalates and more than two million tonnes of BPA founded in PLASTIC AND STYRO CONTAINERS. These chemicals are hazardous and more likely to mitigate in our food. When thrown these containers ended up not recycled and dumped into the oceans harming marine animals through indigestion and entanglement. Stop creating plastic waste with single-use packaging and switch to reusable options instead to help humanity and environment. Use alternatives such as reusable lunch boxes (stainless steel containers, eco sandwich bags, and paper sandwich bags). Also use metal/bamboo cutlery instead the plastic ones. As a member of the Earth Tribe through the TIDE TURNERS PLASTIC CHALLENGE, I take the Clean Seas pledge to turn the tide on plastics. This is a creative campaign from one of our activities in the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge that aims to fight plastic pollution. Here are the other fan signs you can include: • I am trading my plastic bags to my own tote bags. • I am giving up plastic straws. • I will use refillable water bottle/tumbler. • I will bring my own mug when buying take-away coffee. Reference from cleanseas.org I encourage you to do the same and get 5 other people to start the campaign in fighting Plastic pollution. Do the pledge now and commit to #Cleanseas. Help us in creating a sustainable Healthy Planet! #EarthTribe #EarthTribePH #TideTurnersPlasticChallenge #TideTurnersPlasticChallengePH #TideTurners #TideTurnersPH #Scouts4SDGs #SDG6 #SDG13 #SDG14 #SDG15 #Scouts #BetterWorld #PreserveTheLegacy #ScoutingSaSilangan #WarriorScouts #GSPUEChapter #ForHerWorld