#PlasticFreeFridays
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Why Fridays Matter
The beauty of Plastic Free Fridays? It creates a ripple effect. Plastic Free Fridays is here to reduce the use of single-use plastic by raising awareness and shaping positive habits to benefit everyone. Why Friday? Committing one day a week gets you in the habit. A one-day commitment to being mindful about single-use plastic can shift your habits the rest of the week, without even trying. Start with Friday. Watch it grow.
Together, we can make a lasting impact—one Friday at a time.
Your Impact by Going
Plastic-Free on Fridays
Every Friday, choosing to skip single-use plastic adds up. If one person avoids just three common items—plastic water bottles, grocery bags, and coffee cups—every Friday for a year, here’s what that could look like:
52 plastic water bottles avoided
52 plastic grocery bags skipped
52 plastic-lined coffee cups not used
But the average person uses far more than that each day. Consider these additional common single-use plastics:
- Plastic utensils (used with takeout and grab-and-go meals)
- Plastic toiletry bottles (mini shampoos, body wash)
- Snack wrappers and chip bags
- Produce packaging and clamshell containers
- Mailers, bubble wrap, and shipping plastic
Even a small commitment—like reducing single-use items one day a week—can significantly reduce your plastic footprint.
Over 50 years, that’s more than 7,800 plastic items avoided—just from one person!
Now imagine a whole community making that shift. This is how small actions create real change.
Recycling is not the answer—most plastic isn’t actually recycled. Prevention is the most powerful tool we have.
Not sure where to start?
Take the Plastic Free July Pesky Plastics Quiz and discover the single-use plastics hiding in your everyday routine.
It’s a simple way to see where you can make changes—and start fresh this Friday with Plastic Free Fridays.
Our mission. Your journey.
The world depends on us all making a difference.
Plastic Free Fridays is here to reduce the use of single-use plastic by raising awareness and shaping positive habits to benefit everyone. We want to educate and inspire communities to break free from using unnecessary and harmful plastics, and work towards a systemic change on a corporate and policy level, too.
Our Origin Story
Founded by Sierra Quitiquit and Meg Haywood Sullivan in 2019. Our mission is to inspire and empower individuals, communities, and corporations to build a more sustainable relationship with our planet, starting with the simple act of saying no to single-use plastics on Fridays. We promise to champion progress over perfection, encouraging collective action to make sustainability achievable and impactful for everyone.
Plastic Pollution Snapshot
- Over 300 million tons of plastic are produced annually, but only 9% is recycled. (UNEP, 2021)
- An estimated 11 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean each year. (Pew Charitable Trusts, 2020)
- Microplastics have been found in human blood, lungs, and placentas. (National Geographic, 2022)
- Humans consume approx. 5 grams of plastic per week—roughly the weight of a credit card. (WWF, 2019)
“Microplastics are now showing up in our blood, lungs, and even placentas—proof that plastic pollution isn’t just an environmental issue, it’s a human health one.”
– Dr. Desiree LaBeaud, researcher at Stanford University