2025 Climate Week Events
Single-Use Planet Film Screening & Skip the Stuff Launch Party
with MEIC & FLC
Join the Billings Climate Coalition for a FREE screening of the critically acclaimed documentary, Single-Use Planet.
This documentary explores the impacts of single-use plastics, tracing the origins of plastic pollution from manufacturing centers in Pennsylvania and Louisiana to the political and economic forces that shape the industry. The film provides a powerful look at environmental justice, community activism, and the urgent need for solutions to the plastics crisis.
We’re also excited to launch our new Skip the Stuff program in Billings, in partnership with MontPIRG, an organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of civic leaders through education and engagement.
This event is sponsored by Families for a Livable Climate and the Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC).
About the Film
Plastic is vital to our modern way of life—but not all forms of it. In search of why more single-use plastic debris enters the ocean each year despite all recycling efforts, SINGLE-USE PLANET goes upstream in the U.S. to where millions of tons of raw plastic are being made with generous government support. How have other countries solved for the pollution? The quest eventually leads to France.
About #SkipTheStuff
Every year, billions of unused straws, utensils, napkins, condiment packets, and other accessories are included in take-out and delivery orders and just thrown away. Together, we can change this.
In the U.S., 561 billion disposable food service items are used every year, resulting in 4.9 million tons of waste. Americans use more than 36 billion utensils and as much as 142 billion straws each year. Most restaurants provide these accessories for take-out meals even if the customer doesn’t want or need them.
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