"Single Use Plastics are devastating our planet and killing many animals. It's time for us human to get our act together and rid our lives of using Single Use Plastics, Now. "
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Carey 's actions
Food
Advocate For More Food Packaging Options
I will advocate for alternatives to single use packaging at local grocery stores, markets, or work.
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Food
Minimize Packaging
I will purchase food items with the least amount of packaging.
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Pets
Pet Waste
I will spend 2 minutes learning how to compost pet waste at home or research pet waste composting services available in my area.
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Food
Use Reusables at Work
I will use reusable dishes and silverware when eating at work.
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Lifestyle
Travel Eating
If traveling, I will bring my own airplane snacks and eat at local restaurants to avoid take-out containers.
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Lifestyle
Buy Only What I Need
I will not buy anything except items required for health and safety.
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Food
Lobby for Reusables
I will lobby my workplace to have reusable dishes and silverware in order to minimize disposables.
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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?
On my weekend travels, while I was advocating for not using single use plastic, with my reusable bags, I learned that Connecticut is going to charge 5 cents for each plastic bag starting soon (Aug. 1, 2019) in all the stores, state wide.
By composting your pet waste, you are turning waste into nutrients to feed the soil. In what other ways can you turn waste into a resource in your life?
To compost whatever waste you can is a means to turn waste into a resource in each of our lives. Composting is relatively easy with a kitchen composter on the county that you empty to the outside composter daily or weekly and composted soil is rich in nutrients that you can use on your flower &/or vegetable garden. Unfortunately, I was not able to get a pet waste service in my area so I will continue to let the dog do his business out in the small woods area out back where his decomposes into the soil there away from surface water like river or stream. And, when we walk the dog we use biobags that are biodegradable dog waste bags that go into the garbage and decompose there.
It is often true that we only have control over our own actions and not the collective community. How can you lead by example when it comes to switching disposables for reusable dishes in your community?
That's easy, I ask a colleague walking down the hallway at lunchtime carrying a plastic bag, why in 2019 do they not have a reusable bag to put their take out lunch in? I have also noticed on occasion if what's in the plastic bag is styrofoam, and if so then why haven't they asked for an alternative or brought their own from home to take out in a more sustainable container. After all, it is 2019, right? I have worked at my DEP office for nearly 30 years and its good to see the younger generation come in and start, so I feel its my duty to let them know carrying plastic is supporting a fossil fuel industry that we don't want to support, I ask, right? They smile and it gets them thinking....for next time.
In fact #6 apparently does leach so I will divinity reframe from getting it with my take out food ever again - see attached # of plastics and “Does it Leach?” Is the 4th column and “Recycles?” Is the 5th column
I do reuse and will reuse that small #6 plastic little cup but I really should reframe from taking it at all because it’s not Recyclable that I know of and from what I’ve seen, it may leach - ugh !!!
Louisa Lubiak 7/19/2019 11:54 AMThanks for posting the plastics chart, very informative. By the numbers, this is one "lottery" I wish I didn't have to play every day. }:-P
