Daniel Kessler

Maryland Zoo

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
956 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

55

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Daniel's actions

Lifestyle

Travel Smart

If traveling, I will bring my own plastic free items (water bottle, grocery bags, collapsible food containers, utensils, straws, etc.) with me.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 26
DAILY ACTIONS

Personal Care

Brusha Brusha Brusha

I will replace my plastic toothbrush with a bamboo toothbrush.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 29
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Buy Unpackaged Produce

I will purchase produce items without plastic packaging.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Containers

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

Daniel Kessler 7/30/2019 1:06 PM

If disposables are your only option, first discuss opportunities with vendor to alter their selection options and second consider options to reuse or re-purpose the item. This will likely require research for both you and the vendor, but worth the effort.

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Daniel Kessler 7/28/2019 6:52 PM

I think it is progressing well. We have been conscious of reducing single use plastic for years; especially since we have been recycling products for nearly thirty years. As always, change is difficult as we are a people of habit. But with some planning and persistence, we have been successful and will continue to follow this path.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Bags

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

Daniel Kessler 7/28/2019 6:43 PM

There are two difficult parts to this challenge. The first difficult part is to remember to take you reusable bags with you: either in the car or into the store. The second difficult part is to remember to inform the cashier/clerk that you have you own bags and/or you don't want plastic. We finally have some routine to assure we have reusable bags with us at all time. However, almost all clerks/cashiers were very supportive, even if they couldn't or wouldn't bag or help us bag.

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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?

Daniel Kessler 7/02/2019 5:58 AM

Plastic packaging appears to serve the supplier (store or supermarket).; an easy and quick pick for the consumer, but a possible assurance for the store that all product will move with only a moderate ability for consumer to inspect product.

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