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Welcome to Plastic Free Ecochallenge 2019!

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Coalition of North American Zoos and Aquariums
Plastic Free Ecochallenge 2019
July 1 - July 31, 2019
Heather Boyd's avatar

Heather Boyd

Deloitte Green Dot

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 165 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    4.0
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    90
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    5.0
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    1.0
    documentary
    watched
  • UP TO
    3.0
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    3.0
    pieces of plastic cutlery
    not sent to the landfill

Heather's actions

Food

Use a Reusable Mug / Collapsible Cup

I will avoid sending 1 disposable cup(s) to the landfill per day by using a reusable mug or bringing my own collapsible cup.

COMPLETED 5
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 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Utensils

I will keep 1 plastic cutlery out of the landfill per day by using my own reusable cutlery.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Lifestyle

Watch a Documentary

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food
    How difficult was this challenge for you? What made it easy or difficult?
    Heather Boyd's avatar
    Heather Boyd 7/17/2019 10:06 AM
    Not accepting plastic bags for anything, including produce, is so hard! I'm becoming more aware of how much plastic I consume because I am unprepared when shopping.
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    • Lisset Avery's avatar
      Lisset Avery 7/23/2019 7:01 AM
      I usually keep bags in the car and a super compact bag in my purse. If I forget my bags, which I do occasionally, I put everything in one paper bag filled to the brim, then I recycle the bag. For produce, I have reusable bags that I do use about half the time. The other half, I place a shopping basket inside the shopping cart where I collect all the loose product I'm buying. I don't use a single plastic baggie. Of course it's a little bit inconvenient when you have to place every piece of produce on the belt, so now I just place the entire basket on the belt.
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