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Plastic Free Plux

Plastic-Free Plux strives to reduce single-use plastics at the famous Place du Luxembourg in front of the European Parliament in Brussels. We are introducing reusable cups with a deposit-return scheme.

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Secretary Sustainable Brussels

84.7 EUR since Jul 2019

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Elias De Keyser

15 EUR since Aug 2018

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Boryana Spasova

15 EUR since Feb 2019

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Anna-Theresa Bach

15 EUR since Feb 2019

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Lydia Taylor

15 EUR since Feb 2019

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Gaia maria Fermanelli

15 EUR since Feb 2019

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Maaike Marchand

15 EUR since Feb 2019

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Adrian Toth

10 EUR since Aug 2018

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Le London

1,095.05 EUR since Nov 2019

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Open Collective Europe

429.99 EUR since Nov 2021

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XR Belgium

52 EUR since Feb 2020

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Elias De Keyser

Admin

€15 EUR

Adrian Toth

Admin

€10 EUR

Le London

€1,095 EUR

Secretary Sus...

€85 EUR

Reusable cups London Bar - batch 2

XR Belgium

€52 EUR

Lydia Taylor

€15 EUR

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Today’s balance

€208.18 EUR

Total raised

€1,777.24 EUR

Total disbursed

€1,569.06 EUR

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About


🙋‍♀️ 🙋‍♂️ Who are we

We are Plastic Free Plux, a grassroots initiative that strives to eliminate single-use plastics at Place du Luxembourg in Brussels. This iconic square in front of the European Parliament is the place to be for many of the EU officials and bureaucrats for an after-work drink. Unfortunately, all the beverages served outdoors come in single-use plastic cups. The result? 75+ trash bags full of plastic waste on Friday morning after each night of unsustainable fun.

🥛 Our approach

The Plastic Free Plux movement has therefore campaigned to encourage people to bring their own, reusable alternatives to the square. Followed by a deployment of our own reusable cups via a deposit-and-return scheme. About 100 reusable goblets are rented out every Thursday night, saving about 450 single-use cups each time.

Currently we are testing and improving a stakeholder model with the aim of making Place du Luxembourg completely single-use plastic free. This model will be replicable throughout the rest of the city and beyond. To allow citizens around the world to make their city Plastic Free, we will open source this model in our Plastic Free Blueprint, which will be available to other bars.

🌎 Our goal

Plastic Free Plux’s short term-goal is to eliminate single-use cups on Place du Luxembourg completely by the end of 2019 and publish our Plastic Free Blueprint. From 2020 onwards, we will target new neighbourhoods of Brussels, joined by citizens and bars who follow our example. We dream of a single-use plastic free Brussels where going out does not result in polluting the Earth.

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