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Plastic Free Penzance celebrate a return to community clean ups with a beach clean at Long Rock this Sunday. The clean, based from the Hoxton

After what feels like a never-ending winter filled with lockdowns, stressful uncertainty, and the pandemic looming over us, it’s safe to say we’ve never been

Although recycling may be the norm in UK households, it’s shocking that there are still a fraction of homes that choose not to recycle their

How Going Plastic Free Saves Cash as well as the Planet Covid-19 has turned all our lives upside down and as well as posing challenges

We get it, like many others wanting to be more mindful about the environment, you’ve managed to make some impressive swaps to detox your plastic

January. Your jeans are too tight, you’ve spent your entire month’s wages already, and the pressure is on to make this year better than the

Penzance, the first ever community in the UK to be awarded ‘Plastic Free’ status by marine conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage, celebrates another year of

The last couple of weeks have been difficult for everyone. Fear, readjustment, social distancing and – for some of us – illness. Covid-19 has turned

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We are facing challenging times and as, day by day, the Corona virus takes more of a hold in the UK we are all facing

This month saw our latest Mass Unwraps take place at supermarkets across Penzance. These non-disruptive awareness events are a great way to show the scary

An interactive exhibition is being held at Newlyn’s newest art gallery, Jupiter Gallery, featuring photographs from Ben Lecomte’s Vortex Swim through the Great Pacific Garbage

Be afraid … be very afraid. We are heading straight into a Halloween Plastic Horror Show. This time of year is a nightmare for single-use,

A report from the University of Exeter has found that the Plastic Free Penzance campaign is reducing single-use plastic in the town and is making

Sorry … we know it feels like the summer holidays have only just started, but we need to talk school. With lots of families (us

Plastic Free Penzance and Penzance Chamber of Commerce join forces to help businesses reduce and reuse plastic packaging, as part of work to tackle the

This July we are hosting a family-friendly film night which we hope will open eyes and inspire, as we take a trip across the globe

Plastic Free Penzance and Golowan organisers are calling on thousands of festival-goers to take four simple steps to help reduce the impact of the town’s

Another blog post … another Community Ally! This time a really important one to help tackle all the ghost fishing gear we pick up day

We’re really pleased that our latest Community Ally in the town is the Wharfside Shopping Centre. The team have already been working on reducing waste

We are in a brilliant and very lucky position. We live in a beautiful place which people flock to over the summer season. Why wouldn’t

We are pleased to announce that our Plastic Free Penzance Events Charter has been adopted by the town! We have been working with Penzance Town

So another celebration is upon us and with it another chance to ramp up the amount of rubbish going in the bin or ending up

Wow! First off a HUGE thank you to the 101 volunteers who took part in our first SAS Big Spring Beach Clean events for 2019.

We are often asked what are we doing about the supermarkets and all the plastic they dish out, and it’s a tricky one. Our local

We were honoured to be invited to Alderney this month, to help the local Plastic Free Communities team build on the brilliant work they have

We’re delighted to welcome the Cornish Pirates on board as our latest Community Ally, as the club aims to become a Plastic Free Champion! The

… Penzance! We are so, SO happy to have been able to celebrate our town’s achievements over the last year with so many of you

We work a lot with businesses in Penzance to reduce their plastic impact … but there is also a set of organisations, institutions and groups

‘Tis the season to be jolly! ‘Tis also the season for ridiculous amounts of throwaway plastic. So, over the next few weeks we’re going to

We are blown away every time we hold a beach clean by the level of support and involvement we get from the people of Penzance.

We can all make a personal decision to cut the amount of throwaway plastic in our lives and Plastic Free PZ is all about encouraging

What an amazing summer we have been having! And with all the beautiful weather comes an influx of visitors to Penzance. It’s been great to

We hear this sometimes. Not always as Jim Royle would express it! But it is put to us in various ways be it questions from

What a weekend! Penzance’s biggest of the year and boy did it shine! We had an amazing time meeting so many of you, as thousands

Penzance is very proud to be the first community in the UK, the world in fact, to be awarded Plastic Free Communities status by Surfers