Plastic Sucks! You Can Make A Difference
Dougie Poynter
How can YOU help save our planet? This awesome and inspiring guide, written by McFly bassist and environmental activist Dougie Poynter, will show you how to get involved in the mission to cut out single-use plastic.
Plastic is everywhere and it sucks. It fills up our oceans, endangers our wildlife and never goes away. So it’s time to take action, find ways to cut down our plastic use and help protect our environment. Together we can make a difference!
As a lifelong supporter of environmental causes and a key player in the campaign to ban microbeads in the UK, Dougie is always on the hunt for ways to reduce and replace plastic. This campaigning book, his first solo authored project, draws on his own experiences in the fight against plastic waste – the problems he’s encountered and the solutions he’s found. It covers the history of plastic, introduces us to some key campaigners and eco entrepreneurs and is full of top tips and infographics.
The clear and easy steps in Plastic Sucks! You Can Make a Difference show us how we can all make small changes and become champions for our planet.
Includes contributions from:
- Adam Lowry, founder of Method
- Amanda Keetley, founder of Less Plastic UK
- Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen, founders of 5 Gyres
- Blue Ollis
- Dara McAnulty
- Edwin Broni-Mensah, founder of GiveMeTap
- Emily Penn
- James Robson and Andy Bool, Sea Life and Sea Life Trust
- Jonathon Porritt
- Josh White and Perry Fielding, co-founders of CanO Water
- Kate Arnell
- Lauren St John
- Lucy Woodall
- Will Travers, president of Born Free
Reviews
This has helped me learn on how we can reduce the amount of plastic we use and what other people have already done to try and make a difference. Plastic is really hard and takes a long time to decompose meaning fish can eat it and we eat the fish so if everyone threw their rubbish in the bin our Earth would be fresh and clean.
Dona Gloriana Frankenstein 28.08.2024
its realy good its funny, serious and interesting all at the same time it had a lot of facts that i did not know like microbeads
Queen Nectarine Lavalamp 08.08.2023
This is a book full of tips to help look after the plant.
Count Pug Frankenstein 25.08.2022
It was very interesting and inspired me to stop using single use plastics. I also enjoyed reading the interviews
Judge Fifi Nuggets 08.08.2022
This book is very informative. It informs you about how plastic can harm the environment and animals. It also tells you what swaps you can make, for example using a bamboo toothbrush instead of a plastic one. It also tells you which types of plastic are recyclable: polyethylene terephthalate (PET or PETE), high-density polyethylene or HDPE for short, and polyethylene or PP are recyclable, but polystyrene - PP, plastic that contains polycarbonate, low density polyethylene and vinyl are not recyclable.
Principal Ursula Menace 26.07.2022
Star Reviewer
I am 7 and I love saving the planet and the environment and this is the best book
Anonymous 12.07.2022
I like this book because it tells us how we can help the world out not just the threats our planet is facing. I also like this because it is very inspiring and it never get boring. The book is also very colourful. It is non- fiction. I recommend this book for anyone that wants to make a difference in the world or likes to help out.
Anonymous 13.12.2020
Good book for my school project on plastics and pollution
Commander Stinky Hedgehog 08.06.2020
