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As LessSingleUsePlastic.com grows and as I near my completion of the 365 designs of my own, something exciting is happening! Artists and designers who care about the cause are contributing work to the project! Artists who care to make a difference in the plastic pollution problem are invited to submit artwork to be featured on products to help promote and encourage the use of less single-use plastic. If you are an artist and would like to submit a work for consideration, please email us. We look forward to hearing from you. Proceeds for the artist series will be donated to...

I have been diligently working towards my mission and goal since January of this year. I set out to create 365 designs and I fully intend to reach that goal. I am getting caught up with my designs.  I had 4 months this summer that I shifted gears to focus on a loved one who needed my care. This was far more important but I am glad to be back at the desktop with Photoshop/Illustrator and Canva and the ideas keep flowing.  Something very serendipitous happened last week that I would like to share. I started to think about how many more designs I needed...

It's ok if you can't. I created this design because I often forget. what better place to have the list than on a reusable shopping bag? About "DIRTY DOZEN" Design #73: This design is meant to be helpful and healthful. It's laid out like a pack of cards, numbered and represented. It showcases the 12 dirty dozen fruits and vegetables. These are the ones where the most pesticides are used in growing and therefore if you can purchase these organic, you will be making a clean eating choice. I hope this design inspires you to choose organic and to use...

When I look at pictures of plastic polluting our planet and I see the big ugly colored plastic laundry tubs with ultra-thick lids, it makes me feel the guilt and shame of all the ones I have used and put into the recycle pile assuming I was doing a good deed by recycling. If only 9% or maybe now only 6% of plastic actually getting recycled that means there are a lot of laundry jugs littering our oceans and wild places. There is a solution and for me,  it is working out wonderfully. They are so easy to use. they clean my...

It is very exciting to be on this journey of discovery and to learn more about all of the wonderful products out there to help us use less plastic. This company is right here in my home state of New Hampshire and they have been in business for almost 40 years! why have I never known about them? I think I attribute it to the fact that when you are unaware you can miss a lot. I remind myself to slow down and explore more. I was in a Country store in New Hampshire on my way to visit a few friends....