Northwest Indiana Green Drinks: Reduce & Refuse: Northwest Indiana Has a Plastic Problem

Have you been asked at a restaurant or store if you want a bag? What was your response? Do you carry reusable bags with you when you shop?
To pique your curiosity, “Reduce & Refuse: NWI Has a Plastics Problem” will cover visual and scientific evidence that our beaches, green spaces, and even our bodies are being polluted with plastics. Included will be current regional plastic pollution data, ways you can reduce and refuse plastics in your everyday life, and how to commit to more sustainable choices that will impact our region's ecological health and vitality. This is for everyone since our plastic pollution problem is accumulating, but there are ways you can help!

Grab a libation and some delicious eats in your own space as you discover with extremely engaging and
deeply passionate Save the Dunes Community Engagement Coordinator, Em Racine, who’ll explain now
more than ever, we need to address these issues in our homes, at the municipal level, and even
federally. She’ll include local county updates regarding recycling & composting initiatives, unpacking
plastic pollution data collected by The Alliance for The Great Lakes, and so much more.