 We are now producing nearly 300 million tons of plastic every year, half which is for single use only. In light of this, Dublin City University has announced the first phase of a new sustainability drive that will see DCU become plastic-free by 2020. So the Students' Union running a sustainability or an awareness-raising week for sustainability, DCU goes green with just hugely important to raise that emphasis in the student body as to what should be going on and what they are doing because there's an awful lot of them making serious contributions to sustainability efforts. And so it's just raising that within the entire population of the student body and encouraging them to go right, this is the right thing to be doing and we can all move together down the right road. Recently DCU students voted 94% in favour for a ban of single use plastic, which kickstarted the initiative. Due to the overwhelming support, DCU have decided to go green. We spoke to Chloe from the Sustainable Living Society and heard about the plans for sustainability week here on campus. We did the DCU Go Green Week, so it's in collaboration with the SU, it's with the actual university as well, and it's basically just to raise more awareness on sustainable issues and then to provide solutions for it. So the main ethos of our whole society is to put a more positive message out there and instead of just saying, you know, this is bad or whatever, we want to provide students with the solutions. DCU has identified a range of single use disposable plastic items to be eliminated due to their impact on the environment. Implementation began this week as part of DCU's Green Campus Week with plastic cups and glasses being withdrawn from all campuses with immediate effect. Rachel Hayden, DCU TV News.