Plastic Free Falmouth

Bring back the peanut butter!! 🥜 Please do share this fundraiser far and wide, and donate if you can. Another Weigh have two weeks to match fund for a new refill shop in Falmouth!

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/anKM5d3l?utm_campaign=sharemodal&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=shortlink

Did you know we are part of the Party Kit Network? It's just one of the ways we can tackle single-use plastic and waste. The kit provides re-usable plates, bowls, cups and other party essentials for hire for FREE! Pop us a message to hire or head to our page here https://www.partykitnetwork.org/uk/plasticfreefalmouth

Amazing day being part of Falmouth's Festival for the Ocean on the weekend in celebration if World Ocean Day. We are so lucky to have so many community groups and organisations in Falmouth working to protect our amazing blue space 💙 🌊

An amazing project and just what we need for Falmouth as an awarded Plastic Free Community 👏

Falmouth, we would love to see you at our Crowdfunder launch for Another Weigh on Tuesday the 2nd June! We’re trying to bring a zero-waste shop and community hub to the centre of town and we would love to get your ideas, thoughts and feedback! No need to book- just turn up! And if you can’t make it but want to help, you can donate at the link in our bio. See you soon! 💚

🌊 Festival for the Ocean returns to Gyllyngvase Beach! 🌊

Join Falmouth Town Council, UK and many other local conservation groups on Sunday 7 June, 11am–2pm, for a free family celebration of Cornwall's coast and marine environment.

We're running a beach clean at 1.30pm!

Explore local marine life, get creative with hands-on arts and crafts, enjoy storytelling, discover marine science, learn about conservation in action, and take part in activities for all ages.

Timed activities include:
🐠 Snorkel Safari
🦑 Basket Shark and Cuttlefish Procession
🦭 Marine Stranding Demonstration
📷 Underwater Camera Demo
🧹 Community Beach Clean

Plus drop-in activities throughout the day including cyanotype art, recycled plastic weaving, ocean-themed displays, children's storytelling and more.

📍 Gyllyngvase Beach, Falmouth
🗓 Sunday 7 June
⏰ 11am–2pm
🎟 Free family event

Please note: The Snorkel Safari must be booked in advance and is open to participants aged 16+ only (16–17 year olds must be accompanied by an adult). Places are limited.

Book your Snorkel Safari here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/snorkel-safari-world-oceans-day-tickets-1990477942107?sg=24ba005ec75449930d63649db0211ae8c6da6f0f76f419450639108032763ed4e956f0496df2848fbaa0db82ebd38fd621e7083d63d528bfe7ee52620837901a6278b19451518698fabde74815&aff=ebdsshios

☀️Join the Sand Safe event at Gylly today! We'll be setting up a beach clean station from 11 till 1pm, where you can help us keep our amazing beach clean ✊️

Golden sands, sparkling water and fresh sea air - Falmouth’s beaches are part of what makes our coastline so special. 🌊☀️

With beautiful weather forecast this half term, we’re inviting residents and visitors to join us on Wednesday 27 May, from 11am-1pm at Gyllyngvase Beach for this year’s Sand Safe Awareness Event and discover how simple actions can help protect Falmouth's beaches.

Meet Falmouth Town Council’s Environmental, Education and Enforcement Officers, alongside our Safer Falmouth Partners, and learn more about the key Sand Safe messages:

🔥 No open fires on the beach - please use BBQs responsibly and dispose of them safely
🗑️ Bin and recycle your litter
🐶 Respect dog-friendly hours and always clean up after your dog 💩

📍 Gyllyngvase Beach
📅 Wednesday 27 May
🕚 11am – 1pm

Together, let’s help Leave Only Footprints. 💙

So if recycling isn't the answer? What is?
THIS 👇 The power to create change is with all of us, saying no to big polluting brands, making little changes, choosing local, doing our own mini cleans and spreading the message. Plastic Free is possible, it's just about creating the ripple...🌊
Plastic Free Communities in West Somerset

Our Precious Earth This film tells the story about how I started my small business and how I continue to inspire people to help our environment.

Why is plastic recycling not the answer?

REPOST from Plastic Free Communities in West Somerset
The UK is now one of the world’s biggest exporters of plastic waste. We sent over 675,000 tonnes abroad in 2025, that's the highest level in eight years and enough to fill about 127,000 shipping containers.

A lot of this waste ends up in countries like Turkey and Malaysia, where investigations have linked “recycling” to pollution, dumping, and even burning. In Turkey, the waste infrastructure is already overwhelmed. The country generates 3.3m tonnes of plastic waste domestically, which is more than double its capacity to recycle.”

⚠️Here’s the shocking part: Exporting plastic still counts towards UK recycling targets — so instead of dealing with the problem at home, we’re often just shipping it overseas.

With new EU rules banning exports to non-OECD countries by 2026, the likely impacts are:

⚠️More UK waste being sent to countries like Turkey, which are already struggling to cope
⚠️Increased incineration or landfill within the UK if exports become harder
⚠️Risk of the UK becoming a “middleman” for EU waste exports
⚠️Continued environmental damage unless plastic production itself is reduced

The bigger issue isn’t just waste management — it’s the sheer volume of plastic being produced in the first place.

Until that changes, the problem doesn’t disappear… it just moves.


To read the full article in the Guardian click on the following link:

Germany was largest exporter of plastic waste in 2025, sending 810,000 tonnes overseas, analysis finds UK was close behind, exporting 675,000 tonnes, with much of the waste sent to Turkey, Malaysia and Indonesia

We regularly find HUGE nails on all 3 falmouth beaches with our magnet machine as a result of fires on our beaches, a massive hazard for small feet and quite shocking to pick up. One we found was 6 inches long! Ouch!! Please do fill in this consultation so we can. Get beach firea banded and ensure beaches are safe for everyone. Have your say here > https://letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/falmouth-beaches

We’re inviting residents to have their say on whether open fires should be banned on Falmouth’s beaches.

Following an increase in fires in recent years, the Falmouth Beach Management Group has raised a number of risks and concerns.