Coalition of North American Zoos and Aquariums

Plastic Free Ecochallenge 2019

July 1 - July 31, 2019

Caitlin Bruno

Plastic Free New Orleans

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
302 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

42

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

70

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

20

pieces of litter

picked up
UP TO

6.0

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Caitlin's actions

Community

Keep My Community Clean

I will pick up 5 piece(s) of litter each day.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Skip the Straw

I will keep 10 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 Bags

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

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Water Bottles

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 7 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Have you noticed a shift in your community as more messaging about reusable straws becomes mainstream? Cite some examples.
Caitlin Bruno 7/02/2019 2:22 PM
Me personally I haven’t noticed lots of people using reusable straws and they tend to just throw them on the ground and not the trash can so some of the people in my community need to start paying more attention to the world around them.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

How difficult was this challenge for you? What made it easy or difficult?
Caitlin Bruno 7/02/2019 2:20 PM
It was sorta hard because lots of people here automatically put your stuff in a plastic bag. So you really need to speak up and tell them no.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Community

How does the act of picking up litter connect you more to your community?
Caitlin Bruno 7/01/2019 12:08 PM
It makes you relize and wonder why people just drop so many things on the ground not caring about the world.

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