Frequently Asked Questions

We're very happy to give automatic permission for you to use our infographics to inspire positive change and reduce plastic pollution in your school, business, or community.

We simply ask that you do not edit the original artwork and that you credit @LessPlasticUK or www.lessplastic.org.uk.

If you'd like portrait poster, print-ready PDF files, please get in touch and we'll email them for you to print locally. We suggest an uncoated, recycled FSC paper stock for the most eco-friendly result.

We also love hearing how you've used our images and how many people have potentially been influenced by them, which helps us measure our positive impact. Please get in touch to tell us your stories and we might be able to share on our social media too.

You can receive all our latest FREE resources as soon as they're created by signing up to our email list.

As a non-profit, we're very grateful for any donations to support our work - as an individual or on behalf of your organisation - which enable us to create more inspiring designs. You can make a monthly or one-time donation here.

At time of writing, we've translated our '9 tips for living with less plastic' infographic into 28 different languages - check here to see if it is available in yours.

This has been made possible thanks to the support of some kind volunteers generously sharing their skills. Please excuse any errors or regional or national variations.

We're very happy for you to use our infographics free of charge to inspire positive. Please credit @LessPlasticUK or www.lessplastic.org.uk. Please do not alter the designs in any way.

As a non-profit, we're very grateful for any donations to support our work - as an individual or on behalf of your organisation - which enable us to create more inspiring designs. You can make a monthly or one-time donation here.

It's amazing that so many people feel so passionate about tackling the ocean plastic crisis. Awareness is at an all time high, but plastic use is still increasing each year. We all need to work together to consistently reduce our plastic usage.

If you're an individual wanting to make a difference, here are some ideas:

• Reduce your personal plastic use - see our 9 tips for living with less plastic to make a start
• Speak to friends, family and colleagues to inspire them to make changes too
• Make a #LessPlasticPledge to focus your efforts on adopting Less Plastic habits, and to keep yourself accountable
• Talk to business owners in your community to persuade them to use less plastic
• Sign petitions
• Consider setting up a small business of your own that offers products and services that reduce plastic use
• Organise or partake in beach cleans, park cleans and litter picks
• Help us spread our messages by following us on social media, signing up to our email list, sharing our content, and maybe even displaying some of our infographics in your community.
• For more ways you can get involved as an individual, and support the Less Plastic cause, see here.

Thank you for everything you do to reduce plastic use in your personal life and inspiring others to take action too.

Using less plastic is the most effective way to reduce ocean plastic.

If you own or manage a business or any kind of organisation, and want to do the right thing as well as reaping the business and reputational benefits of cutting your plastic usage, you can:

• Invite us to come and talk at your organisation or run a workshop, to inspire your colleagues to use less plastic at home and in the workplace
• Make a #LessPlasticPledge to focus your team on your organisation's commitment to reduce plastic waste, and keep accountable
• Use less plastic in your catering facilities, particularly by phasing out disposables wherever possible and reintroducing reusables instead
• Take steps to reduce your plastic packaging
• Speak to suppliers to request that they use more sustainable packaging materials or returnable/reusable options
• Look for ways to reuse resources within your business
• Engage employees and encourage/reward creative ideas to do things differently -  using less plastic
• Display our infographics to inspire change
• Initiate community events or employee team building sessions that clean up plastic from local outdoor spaces
• Consider partnering with Less Plastic CIC to support our work to hep us maximise our impact. Find out more about becoming a Less Plastic partner here.
• Get in touch if you are interested in our less plastic talks, workshops or business consultancy services

Using less plastic is the most effective way to reduce ocean plastic.

We love talking about reducing plastic use - inspiring schools, businesses and other community organisations to take action and change their behaviour around plastic.

Discover more about our talks and workshops.

We have a popular talk that can be tailored to the audience, highlighting the areas to focus on that will have the biggest impact.

Alternatively, we can deliver our practical workshop which introduces the most effective plastic reducing steps you can take within your organisation, and inspires your colleagues to apply them to their roles within the business and their personal lives. They will take away a personalised action plan with timescales and supporting resources to help them use less plastic straight away. Get in touch to find out more.

Our ethos is not to strive for zero waste perfection, as this is too difficult for most people. Instead, we highlight where consistent plastic reduction adds up to deliver the biggest plastic savings - for individuals and organisations alike.

Discover more about our talks and workshops designed to enable your colleagues to use less plastic in their professional roles and personal lives.

Please get in touch to check our availability.

We're actively seeking collaborations with like-minded organisations who want to help inspire widespread change when it comes to plastic usage.

Since 2015 we’ve grown a highly engaged following on Facebook of 130K, Instagram 160K and Twitter 16K - and have becoming an influential voice in the ‘less plastic/plastic free’ movement.

Much of this has been thanks to our popular, highly shareable, easy-to-action infographics.

As a non-profit CIC, we're looking for partners who want to support our work or co-create future content designed to inspire change. Find out more about ways we can partner here.

Partners would benefit from having their brand sit next to ours, and sharing our position as key influencers in the movement to cut plastic use.

If you'd like to discuss this opportunity further, please get in touch.