DANBURY - Newtown Forward's Climate Change Subcommittee has scheduled a free screening of the documentary A Plastic Ocean on Sunday, October 29, at 2 pm, at Western Connecticut State University's Science Building, on the university's midtown campus at the corner of Osborne Street and Dr James Roach Avenue.

The program is slated to run from 2 to 5 pm, with a question and answer session directed by Dr Mitch Wagener, a university professor, environmental scientist, and biologist.

A Plastic Ocean was produced by the Plastic Oceans Foundation, a global network of independent organizations united in their efforts to change the world's attitude towards plastic within a generation, according to a release for the event.

Over 300 million tons of plastic - with roughly half of it made up of single use plastic items - are produced each year, and around 8 million tons end up in the ocean, where fish ingest it. Plastic Oceans is working to change the way humans deal with plastic waste by challenging society's perception that this indestructible substance can be treated as "disposable."

Lynn Hungaski, co-chair of the subcommittee hosting the movie event, says everyone owes it to the next generation " and to our planet to become more informed on this subject and to make a change in the way we deal with plastic in our society.

"Come and be inspired to make a change in your life that will benefit the planet we live on. It's the only one we have," she added.

Newtown Forward is a local advocacy group with subcommittees focusing on different efforts.

For more information about the screening contact Ms Hungaski at lynnhungaski@cs.com or her Climate Change Subcommittee co-chair Vanessa Villamil at vanvil77@aol.com.