About Us
We are striving for a world without plastic pollution and single-use plastic
We will work towards achieving our vision through building a strong movement in the UK that is taking action on plastic. A movement that is connecting, collaborating, inspiring, motivating, and supporting each other.
This will be achieved through:
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An annual national Conference that showcases ground breaking ideas and solutions with a programme full of discussions and case studies from those leading the change
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A membership scheme with an online platform to enable connection all year round
Our Story
We started with people concerned about reducing single-use plastic and plastic pollution. Our founder, Greg Hewitt, has been an environmental activist since 2010, organising events in his local community to reduce waste. In 2021, a Plastic Free Festival was held in Chesterfield. When we moved to Sheffield a few years later, he realised there was no national conference tackling the issue of single-use plastic, so he set one up and recruited volunteers. The Plastic Free Gathering launched in 2025 in Birmingham, with 40 attendees. The feedback was astounding, and so a 2nd Gathering was launched in June 2026. The Gathering proved that people and organisations needed to come together to tackle this issue, because together we are stronger, and so Action on Plastic UK was born, as a way of connecting everyone together.
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