Need help getting your cosplay ready? Make a MakerSpace appointment today and we will help get you ready for the big day. Contact Cara B. at cbolley@defiancelibrary.org or 419.782.1456 EXT:1108. After you worked so hard on your costume don't forget to enter the cosplay contest at the registration table when you arrive on July 30th.

Something rip or need glued together, we will be ready the day of Def-Com with a variety of equipment and supplies to help you repair your cosplay at our free Cosplay Rescue booth. We want to keep the day fun and worry free, so we've got your cosplay back.

See you there!

This month is Plastic Free July and we are looking into new technologies to help reduce our need for plastic. Plastic free July is a challenge to reduce plastic use in everyday life. You can join the challenge at Plastic Free July and learn more about reducing plastic use in your life. Companies like notpla are looking at designing more eco-friendly and plastic free packaging solutions to make the transition even easier.

Notpla is making products for packaging made from seaweed. Seaweed grows fast, doesn't take away from clean water sources, helps with ocean acidification, and can biodegrade rather quickly. One product line called Ooho is a clear package that can hold drinks or sauces. You can see one pictured coming out of a vending machine above. This package can either be composted or can be eaten and it's vegan. This no trash left behind aspect makes it great for on-the-go so much so big events like the London marathon have utilized them to provide hydration to the runners. In addition to Ooho Notpla lines cardboard packaging to make them better at holding food in without having to rely on plastic. Notpla is also working on creating paper in a more ecofriendly way. This paper would have no synthetic components and be made from the byproducts of processing seaweed. These cool out of the box solutions to food boxes might just make plastic free July no challenge at all.

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