Carmen Rivera

Cameron Park Zoo

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
267 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

6.0

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

15

zero-waste meals

consumed

Carmen's actions

Food

Cook a Zero-Plastic Waste Meal

I will prepare 3 meal(s) at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Minimize Packaging

I will purchase food items with the least amount of packaging.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Buy Unpackaged Produce

I will purchase produce items without plastic packaging.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Personal Care

Just Say No

I will avoid buying toxic plastics, including polycarbonate, polystyrene and polyvinyl.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 6
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?

Carmen Rivera 7/22/2019 9:53 PM

Trying to make a difference for my kid, family and the new generation.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Bags

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

Carmen Rivera 7/04/2019 4:26 PM

It is difficult because I am so used to the plastic bag that I forget to take the reusable bag, but no anymore.

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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?

Carmen Rivera 7/04/2019 4:25 PM

I think that is the producer problem. This start as a way to simplify things to the consumer and no one thought about the problems that comes with it.

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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?

Carmen Rivera 7/03/2019 7:24 PM

I alredy do this and it is smazing to see that we have save $$, also we have more space.

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Carmen Rivera 6/22/2019 8:37 PM

I am a mother of two boys that one day start question about what I can do to leave something that them can enjoy? The answer is a better place to live. That’ why I start to focus more on what can help the planet to become a better place for them.

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