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Dylan Canady

Lucky's Market

POINTS TOTAL

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  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 819 TOTAL

participant impact

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    1.0
    community event
    hosted or attended
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    52
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
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    1.0
    documentary
    watched
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    1.0
    donation
    made
  • UP TO
    110
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    46
    pieces of plastic cutlery
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    2.0
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
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    27
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
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    1.0
    waste audit
    conducted
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    54
    zero-waste meals
    consumed

Dylan's actions

Pets

Try a Pet Shampoo Bar

I will replace my pet's shampoo with an eco-friendly shampoo bar.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Personal Care

Pearly Whites

I will purchase toothpaste in an aluminum tube or in a glass jar or make my own!

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Homemade Cleaners

I will make my own cleaning products at home.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Use Reusable Utensils

I will keep 2 plastic cutlery out of the landfill per day by using my own reusable cutlery.

COMPLETED 23
DAILY ACTIONS

Pets

Pet Waste

I will spend 20 minutes learning how to compost pet waste at home or research pet waste composting services available in my area.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Raise Money For a Nonprofit

I will raise money to support a nonprofit dedicated to plastic pollution reduction.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Personal Care

Lather Up

I will replace my soaps, shampoos, and conditions with either a bar or refillable option.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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

Food

Use a Reusable Mug / Collapsible Cup

I will avoid sending 2 disposable cup(s) to the landfill per day by using a reusable mug or bringing my own collapsible cup.

COMPLETED 26
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 27
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Cook a Zero-Plastic Waste Meal

I will prepare 2 meal(s) at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

COMPLETED 27
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Join a Cleanup Effort

I will host or participate in a beach, highway, river, or other cleanup effort in my community.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Complete a Waste Audit

I will conduct a waste audit - including recyclables and compost - to understand how much waste I create and where I can reduce the most.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Pets

All Natural Pet Toys

I will give my pets natural alternatives to toys like femur bones and antlers, canvas, natural rubber, hemp, rope or cotton toys. Or I will make our own toys from recycled items found in our home!

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
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To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Lifestyle Watch a Documentary
    Which documentary did you choose to watch? What did you learn?

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    Dylan Canady 7/17/2019 6:22 PM
    I (re)watched The Story of Stuff, by Annie Leonard. It's a concise and powerful examination of production and waste in oir largely materialistic society. While a little dated now, it remains relevant in its message.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Use a Reusable Mug / Collapsible Cup
    Great job on getting rid of your disposable cup habit! How does it make you feel? What's next on your list to reduce your waste?

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    Dylan Canady 7/14/2019 6:00 PM
    I have a ball python, and she feeds on rats. For a number of reasons, I feed frozen. This comes with a number of complications, most obvious of which is packaging. I have recently tried a bulk delivery service to avoid the excess packaging of buying individual rats at the pet store, but my snake has refused to eat the rats from this new provider. This is more complicated than just reducing plastic waste, but I am looking into other options, because obviously the current situation is not working.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Community Join a Cleanup Effort
    How does working with others to clean up your community make you feel?

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    Dylan Canady 7/14/2019 5:56 PM
    It's fulfilling in a way regular work does not provide; working with other members of a community gives me a strong sense of belonging and comradery, even with otherwise complete strangers. 

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    Dylan Canady 7/09/2019 3:37 PM
    I'm finding myself a bit torn on the challenges I've accepted involving the replacement of products using plastic. On one hand, minimizing plastic is important, but on the other, replacing something before it is useless is wasteful. Luckily my toothpaste is almost empty so that one os easy. But dog toys and other things can last for years, plastic or not. I think I will take some liberties here and commit to avoiding plastic in the future, while not discarding what I have just because they're plastic.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Lifestyle Homemade Cleaners
    What did you learn by making your own cleaning products? What is the biggest difference in making vs buying?

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    Dylan Canady 7/06/2019 3:39 PM
    The personal advantage here is price. My total expense by volume was far lower than it would have been buying ready-made products.
  • 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?

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    Dylan Canady 7/06/2019 3:37 PM
    The biggest culprit for me is produce packaging. Greens, berries, mushrooms, etc. all come in various forms of plastic, foam, or both. The key for me would be to invest in reusable, washable produce bags; if anyone has any recommendations let me know!
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Skip the Straw
    Have you noticed a shift in your community as more messaging about reusable straws becomes mainstream? Cite some examples.

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    Dylan Canady 6/27/2019 2:49 PM
    I have noticed both positive and negative reactions to a recent change in St Petersburg making straws something you have to request specifically. Some have cited how straws are a very small portion of the plastic waste present in our oceans, and so claim they should be a low-priority issue. What seems to go unrecognized, however, is that our plastic waste is an amalgamation of countless forms of plastic; of course straws are a small portion, so let's figure out what to reduce next!
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Community Raise Money For a Nonprofit
    What are organizations in your region doing to address plastic pollution or other related issues? How can you support them?

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    Dylan Canady 6/27/2019 2:44 PM
    Keep Pinellas Beautiful is dedicated to cleaning and maintaining natural spaces in Pinellas County. They were present at our last Impact Day at store 32 in St Pete, and I've been working with them to organize a cleanup for Lucky's team members - who will be able to use MINCA hours! 

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    Dylan Canady 6/23/2019 6:36 PM
    Hey, Lucky's folks, last challenge we had less than 50 team members sign up, let's double down and invite more of our coworkers to participate this time around!