Zero Waste education & support session

This will be an informal discussion and support session on reducing our personal waste. Would you like to reduce the amount of waste, in particular plastic, but aren't sure how to start? Info will be provided about how to eliminate and/or reduce the many different types of waste in your life. Benefits of attending: -Learn about more sustainable options -Learn a lot of money-saving strategies that are planet-friendly! -Learn about habit-change principles -Help others with your ideas (this will be a collaborative effort!) -Meet new people and be a part of a like-minded community -Have fun! Background: Plastic is killing animals, causing disease and creating toxic water, land and air. I became vegan for the animals and when I saw the pictures of animals who are killed or injured because of plastic, I really couldn't ignore it. Mother birds mistake plastic litter as food and their babies die with bellies full of plastic. Fish are consuming and dying from plastic not to mention all of the land animals. This doesn't include the harm from fossil fuel extraction and production of plastic. I also found out that oftentimes our plastic recycling is just dumped, sometimes in impoverished communities. I couldn't ignore that either. Not only that, but plastic is a hormone disruptor & leaches into our food & beverages from packaging. Micro plastics are found in the eco-system and our food supply is threatened by this. I changed many of my habits and I feel happy with my less wasteful lifestyle. Over the last two years, I have eliminated most single-use plastic. After eliminating most plastic waste, I eliminated many other types of waste as well and created a new lower-waste lifestyle. This is not an official Howard County Library System event.