Joyce Gorrell

Missouri Botanical Garden Staff and Volunteers

"While I live a very green lifestyle I know I can do better when it comes to ditching single use plastics and helping others to as well!"

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
341 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

15

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

7.0

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

4.0

public officials or leaders

contacted

Joyce's actions

Lifestyle

Watch a Documentary

I will watch a documentary film about waste with family and friends and talk about what we learned.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Naked Bins

I will either line my trash cans with repurposed newspaper or paper bags, or I will not line my trash cans at all.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Skip the Straw

I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill per day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Personal Care

Brusha Brusha Brusha

I will replace my plastic toothbrush with a bamboo toothbrush.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Write Letters or Emails

I will write 1 letter(s) or email(s) per day to a public official or company to advocate for planet-friendly policies.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Buy Unpackaged Produce

I will purchase produce items without plastic packaging.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food

Advocate For More Food Packaging Options

I will advocate for alternatives to single use packaging at local grocery stores, markets, or work.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

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Joyce Gorrell 7/24/2019 10:49 AM

Just wrote a Facebook message to a chain restaurant in St. Louis to urge them to consider having straws available on demand! Great service last night but all beverages came with plastic straws (some had multiple). Hoping to hear back. Have others reached out to restaurants in this manner? What type of responses have you gotten?

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Joyce Gorrell 7/24/2019 10:41 AM

I'm signed up for the "Watch a Documentary" Lifestyle challenge. Any recs?

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Joyce Gorrell 7/01/2019 2:31 PM

For my "COMMUNITY, Write Letters or Emails" challenge today I wrote to Ipsy and let them know I cancelled my subscription because their shipping envelope is not recyclable. I realize many of us would forgo a service like this period but for folks that are signed up it would be good to challenge both the company and the client to expect more to reduce waste or offer a reusable / refillable shipping container.

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Joyce Gorrell 6/18/2019 11:44 AM

I'm researching bamboo toothbrush options and found this article helpful and happy for anyone's feedback of which brands they use and like. https://wastelandrebel.com/en/my-quest-to-find-the-most-sustainable-toothbrush/

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- Joyce Gorrell 6/21/2019 8:16 AM
  
  This is great info, thank you!
  
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- Suzanne Hirth 6/21/2019 7:17 AM
  
  I got my toothbrushes from Zero Waste Cartel. I also purchased bamboo toothbrush holders for traveling. Love them!
  
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- Allie Hobgood 6/20/2019 5:55 AM
  
  I use brush with bamboo and I have really liked them. They are just as durable as your traditional plastic toothbrush and my teeth feel just as clean. I like that the plastic in the bristles has been reduced as much as possible and that everything else (including the packaging) is 100% biodegradable or compostable. I throw the box and the handle in my compost when I'm done with them and send the bag to commercial compost.
  
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