Plastic Free Wichita

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Plastic Free Wichita The City of Wichita, KS is overrun with plastic trash! We see it in our trees, along our fence lines and in our streams.

Let's stop using single use plastic in the ICT!

Ugh. Please avoid plastic at all costs! It may not poison you immediately but you are being poisoned.
10/12/2026

Ugh. Please avoid plastic at all costs! It may not poison you immediately but you are being poisoned.

Plastics riddled with high-risk chemicals are in clothes, food, toys and common household items, a new investigation revealed.

Some great ideas to avoid all the plastic crap that Halloween brings!
10/11/2026

Some great ideas to avoid all the plastic crap that Halloween brings!

From candy to costumes to decorations and more, use these tips to skip the waste, keep the spooky fun.

But earlier toilet training can also be better for children’s bladder and bowel health. “For us, this was interesting to...
09/30/2026

But earlier toilet training can also be better for children’s bladder and bowel health. “For us, this was interesting to learn, because it means that reducing diaper waste by bringing back down the toilet training age can save money for families, support children in their development, and is better for the environment,” Porte says. “It is rare to find such a win-win-win solution.”

Kids now leave diapers behind nearly a year later than they did in the 1950s. With 300,000 disposable diapers tossed every minute, a new study maps three ways out.

09/24/2026

The Coming of the AI Waste Wave:
AI E-Waste May Be 40 to 60 Times What Has Been Estimated, New Analysis Finds

How about this?? Wooden Highlighter Pencils which have ! There are several sources to find them. Are they available any...
09/22/2026

How about this?? Wooden Highlighter Pencils which have ! There are several sources to find them. Are they available anywhere in Wichita?

Sustainable highlighter pencils made from FSC beech wood. A 3-pack in pink, yellow, and green that won’t bleed through thin paper.

Should I bring this film to Wichita? Would you come see it?
09/15/2026

Should I bring this film to Wichita? Would you come see it?

Jack met The Ciggy Board Boys aka at the Int...

09/05/2026

I REFUSE to take anything packaged in styrofoam that cannot be recycled and never biodegrades. Do you feel the same way? Will you help me give feedback to SONIC so we can go there again?

Here's the Sonic "feedback" website. Tell them how you feel!

As the long days of summer draw to a close in the U.S., many households are preparing for the return to school. But as s...
09/01/2026

As the long days of summer draw to a close in the U.S., many households are preparing for the return to school. But as students reenter classrooms, the plastics industry is working to ensure their message reaches them, too.

The plastics industry, including some of the largest chemical, fossil fuel, and plastic producers in the world, are funding school programs and educational materials in K-12 schools to teach children “the wonders of plastics,” while avoiding the scientific evidence of plastic pollution’s healt...

Where does all this plastic come from? Not from Kenya. This tells the story of waste pickers who, despite years of worki...
08/27/2026

Where does all this plastic come from? Not from Kenya.

This tells the story of waste pickers who, despite years of working under difficult and often hazardous conditions, have organised, strengthened their movements and claimed their rightful place in national, regional and global conversations on waste governance.

From the Streets to the UN: The Rise of Kenya’s Waste PickersWast...

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