A DoSomething member holding a sign made from a styrofoam platform advocating for switching to paper products

Petition Plates

Protest styrofoam by making petitions out of cafeteria plates.

Volunteer credit:

NO

Estimated time to complete:

30 mins - 1 hour

The Problem

Every day, Americans throw away over 65 million styrofoam products containing toxic materials.

The Solution

Creating a visualization of how much styrofoam your cafeteria throws away will pressure the school to use a greener alternative.

Ask students, instead of throwing out their styrofoam plate, to write their name on it. Then display the plates to encourage your school to switch to recyclable paper plates.

How to help
1
KNOW IT
2
PLAN IT
3
DO IT
4
PROVE IT