Reducing Plastic coffee Cup Lid Waste through Change.org Petition - A Reflection

I found this Petition important not only for the changes we hope to make to reduce plastic waste in the world but also because Janet showed me, Hayden, and Darren that WE could make a change.

We would spend stretches of time arguing with her and being close minded about taking a stand so others could hear our voice. We thought that people and corporations would not listen. After creating the petition about making a change to compostable coffee cup lids to reduce plastic waste we are seeing that others care about the same issue and the health of our planet.

At first we thought of our course summatives "Advocacy Action For The Health of Our Planet and Ourselves" as just a task. By following through with our actions we proved to ourselves that change can be made. Three weeks after creating our petition to reduce plastic coffee lid waste directed at Tim Horton's, Starbucks and McDonald's we now are about to reach almost 4000 signatures. We also wanted for these corporations to promote the Lug-A-Mug concept and for all the people that buy their coffee and tea to also bring their own mug or cup.

We didn’t believe we would get many signatures because we thought no one would really care to take action with us. We "gloomed and doomed" thinking that it was too late to make change for the health of our planet.

Enough people are commenting and supporting our Petition and the signatures just keep adding up day-by-day. With all the support from individuals we want Tim Horton's, Starbucks and McDonald's to take action and reduce the plastic waste created.

Janet proved to us that anyone can make a change all we have to do is try.

Please sign our Petition below. https://www.change.org/p/guest-services-timhortons-com-have-decomposable-coffee-lids

Owen Ngo