{"id":283,"date":"2017-07-05T09:48:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T09:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/?p=283"},"modified":"2017-07-05T09:48:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T09:48:02","slug":"plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPlastic-Free July\u201d \u2013 The pledge \u2013 \u201cChoose to refuse\u201d single-use plastic."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DID YOU KNOW: (some reasons to reduce unnecessary plastic items):\u00b7 Plastic is made from a non-renewable resource \u2013 oil.\u00b7 Oil reserves are depleting, which necessitates more destructive extraction methods.\u00b7 Discarded plastic is harmful to our earth, and its creatures, during its ceaseless disintegrating process. \u00b7 Plastic can be recycled only a limited number of times; it eventually becomes landfill.<\/p>\n<p>Third of Turtles Found Dead on NZ Beaches had Ingested Plastic: Dan Godoy, Massey University, Marine research: \u201cIn the (dead) turtles that I\u2019ve looked at, and (from) other studies around the world, it is soft, white, and translucent plastic items \u2013 so plastic bags particularly \u2013 that are consumed in a higher proportion than other items\u201d. Ref: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/environment\/\">http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/environment\/<\/a><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DID YOU KNOW: (some reasons to reduce unnecessary plastic items):\u00b7 Plastic is made from a non-renewable resource \u2013 oil.\u00b7 Oil reserves are depleting, which necessitates more destructive extraction methods.\u00b7 Discarded plastic is harmful to our earth, and its creatures, during its ceaseless disintegrating process. \u00b7 Plastic can be recycled only<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-sis","post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cPlastic-Free July\u201d \u2013 The pledge \u2013 \u201cChoose to refuse\u201d single-use plastic. - St Joseph&#039;s Catholic Parish Queenstown<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cPlastic-Free July\u201d \u2013 The pledge \u2013 \u201cChoose to refuse\u201d single-use plastic. - St Joseph&#039;s Catholic Parish Queenstown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DID YOU KNOW: (some reasons to reduce unnecessary plastic items):\u00b7 Plastic is made from a non-renewable resource \u2013 oil.\u00b7 Oil reserves are depleting, which necessitates more destructive extraction methods.\u00b7 Discarded plastic is harmful to our earth, and its creatures, during its ceaseless disintegrating process. \u00b7 Plastic can be recycled onlyContinue Reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"St Joseph&#039;s Catholic Parish Queenstown\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-05T09:48:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"St Josephs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"St Josephs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/05\\\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/05\\\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"St Josephs\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/46bb06fbd53c4e2f383235fdb690cb53\"},\"headline\":\"\u201cPlastic-Free July\u201d \u2013 The pledge \u2013 \u201cChoose to refuse\u201d single-use plastic.\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-05T09:48:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/05\\\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":128,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"General\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/05\\\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/05\\\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/05\\\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u201cPlastic-Free July\u201d \u2013 The pledge \u2013 \u201cChoose to refuse\u201d single-use plastic. - St Joseph&#039;s Catholic Parish Queenstown\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-05T09:48:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/05\\\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/05\\\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/index.php\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/05\\\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u201cPlastic-Free July\u201d \u2013 The pledge \u2013 \u201cChoose to refuse\u201d single-use plastic.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/\",\"name\":\"St Joseph's Catholic Parish Queenstown\",\"description\":\"St Joseph&#039;s welcome you to our community\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Catholic Parish Queenstown\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"St Joseph's Catholic Parish Queenstown\",\"alternateName\":\"Catholic Parish Queenstown\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/cropped-god-on-cross-drawing-26-1-removebg-preview.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/cropped-god-on-cross-drawing-26-1-removebg-preview.png\",\"width\":449,\"height\":555,\"caption\":\"St Joseph's Catholic Parish Queenstown\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/46bb06fbd53c4e2f383235fdb690cb53\",\"name\":\"St Josephs\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-NZ\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8f02aa581b4e9b87c68c6311f244e27ae08483f247e009a1fb48aeff1a56bc3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8f02aa581b4e9b87c68c6311f244e27ae08483f247e009a1fb48aeff1a56bc3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8f02aa581b4e9b87c68c6311f244e27ae08483f247e009a1fb48aeff1a56bc3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"St Josephs\"},\"description\":\"St Josephs Catholic Church is at 39 Melbourne Street Queenstown\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/sis\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u201cPlastic-Free July\u201d \u2013 The pledge \u2013 \u201cChoose to refuse\u201d single-use plastic. - St Joseph&#039;s Catholic Parish Queenstown","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u201cPlastic-Free July\u201d \u2013 The pledge \u2013 \u201cChoose to refuse\u201d single-use plastic. - St Joseph&#039;s Catholic Parish Queenstown","og_description":"DID YOU KNOW: (some reasons to reduce unnecessary plastic items):\u00b7 Plastic is made from a non-renewable resource \u2013 oil.\u00b7 Oil reserves are depleting, which necessitates more destructive extraction methods.\u00b7 Discarded plastic is harmful to our earth, and its creatures, during its ceaseless disintegrating process. \u00b7 Plastic can be recycled onlyContinue Reading","og_url":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/","og_site_name":"St Joseph&#039;s Catholic Parish Queenstown","article_published_time":"2017-07-05T09:48:02+00:00","author":"St Josephs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"St Josephs","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/"},"author":{"name":"St Josephs","@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/#\/schema\/person\/46bb06fbd53c4e2f383235fdb690cb53"},"headline":"\u201cPlastic-Free July\u201d \u2013 The pledge \u2013 \u201cChoose to refuse\u201d single-use plastic.","datePublished":"2017-07-05T09:48:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/"},"wordCount":128,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/#organization"},"articleSection":["General"],"inLanguage":"en-NZ","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/","url":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/","name":"\u201cPlastic-Free July\u201d \u2013 The pledge \u2013 \u201cChoose to refuse\u201d single-use plastic. - St Joseph&#039;s Catholic Parish Queenstown","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-07-05T09:48:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-NZ","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/2017\/07\/05\/plastic-free-july-the-pledge-choose-to-refuse-single-use-plastic\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u201cPlastic-Free July\u201d \u2013 The pledge \u2013 \u201cChoose to refuse\u201d single-use plastic."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/#website","url":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/","name":"St Joseph's Catholic Parish Queenstown","description":"St Joseph&#039;s welcome you to our community","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Catholic Parish Queenstown","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-NZ"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/#organization","name":"St Joseph's Catholic Parish Queenstown","alternateName":"Catholic Parish Queenstown","url":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-NZ","@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cropped-god-on-cross-drawing-26-1-removebg-preview.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cropped-god-on-cross-drawing-26-1-removebg-preview.png","width":449,"height":555,"caption":"St Joseph's Catholic Parish Queenstown"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/#\/schema\/person\/46bb06fbd53c4e2f383235fdb690cb53","name":"St Josephs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-NZ","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f02aa581b4e9b87c68c6311f244e27ae08483f247e009a1fb48aeff1a56bc3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f02aa581b4e9b87c68c6311f244e27ae08483f247e009a1fb48aeff1a56bc3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f02aa581b4e9b87c68c6311f244e27ae08483f247e009a1fb48aeff1a56bc3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"St Josephs"},"description":"St Josephs Catholic Church is at 39 Melbourne Street Queenstown","sameAs":["https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz"],"url":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/author\/sis\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjosephsqueenstown.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}