Tony Artates

Nashville Zoo

"Try to be eco-friendly one day at a time."

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
301 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

14

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

14

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

14

zero-waste meals

consumed

Tony's actions

Food

Cook a Zero-Plastic Waste Meal

I will prepare 2 meal(s) at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Skip the Straw

I will keep 2 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill per day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Containers

I will only use reusable containers instead of single-use plastic storage items (such as plastic wrap, single-use sandwich bags).

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Buy Unpackaged Produce

I will purchase produce items without plastic packaging.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases, including produce bags.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Skip the Straw

Have you noticed a shift in your community as more messaging about reusable straws becomes mainstream? Cite some examples.

Tony Artates 7/10/2019 6:19 PM

Not ordering pop from fast food places. Trying to not go at all.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Containers

How can you think outside the box (or bag!) when it comes to disposables?

Tony Artates 7/10/2019 6:18 PM

Taking veggies and cutting them at work to save on packaging in ziplocks

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Cook a Zero-Plastic Waste Meal

Do an inventory of your kitchen to see how many single-use plastics you've used in the past. What are some resuable alternatives to these commonly used products? What would your impact be if you switched all the single-use products from your inventory to reusable?

Tony Artates 7/10/2019 6:16 PM

Cooked unpackaged vegetables for 3 meals

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Buy Unpackaged Produce

Why do you think these produce products started amassing so much plastic packaging? Who is the plastic packaging really serving -- the consumer, the producer, or someone else?

Tony Artates 7/10/2019 6:14 PM

Using produce from my CSA.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Bags

How difficult was this challenge for you? What made it easy or difficult?

Tony Artates 7/10/2019 6:13 PM

Need to consistently remember to put by bags in the truck of my car

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