What You Can Do About Plastics In Lake Monroe

• Keep your trash out of the lake and off of the shoreline.

• Reduce use of single use plastics.

• Recycle plastic waste .

• Pick up trash when you see it.

• Stop smoking! Or at least keep your cigarette butts from the lake and shoreline.

• Avoid cosmetics and other products that contain microplastics.

• Buy clothing with all natural materials.  Especially avoid polyester fleece that sheds in the wash and winds up in our streams and lakes.

• Volunteer for a Friends of Lake Monroe Shoreline Cleanup.

Here are some links to more information about plastics:

• 100 Steps to Get Started
• Plastic A Toxic Love Story
• Plastic Pollution Coalition
• alternatives.html