 Wednesday, October 17th, is Plastic Waste Free Day on DCU campus. This is also happening in 15 other third-level institutions across the country. The initiative by the union of students in Ireland hopes to draw attention to the excessive use of plastic. On the glass-nevin campus, Lundus has made an effort to cut down on their plastic waste. We're the first Lundus store not to have plastic bags for life. Lundus now actually have made the cloth tote bags available for all of its stores. We have taken biodegradable bags for our produce. Dr David Robbins believes that the university could do more. They could ban single-use cups from Starbucks and the other coffee outlets and force people to bring their cheap cups over to buy a reusable cup there, or use compostable cups. That would be the next step. I think they've made a very good start, certainly. DCU Sustainable Living Society tells us how we can reduce the amount of plastic. It's not realistic to say somebody don't eat this, don't eat that, especially when it comes to things like the all-over snacks, the all-over crisps, the all-over pizzas, buy a book, because when you buy a book, packaging, you have less to get rid of instead of individual packets. We talk to staff and students in DCU to get their thoughts on plastic waste free day. Firstly, I don't think going to plastic free by 2020 is soon enough to go plastic free. I think it should have been done over the summer. I don't think it's that big an operation to take plastic at DCU. I don't think we're doing enough in the university because it'll take an effort by all. We need more glass, I suppose, reusable cups or delve cups, simple little things. You can't just walk over and get a plastic cup of water anymore, where plastic utensils are harder to get. I actually have noticed a literal difference, yes. I try to use them less now, just in relation to the environment. Obviously, you work in a university where you're trying to make sure that you're trying to be an example in these type of situations. With the deadline of 2020, DCU is still far away from kicking its plastic cap.