Woody Compton

City of Gainesville

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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!

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Food

Minimize Packaging

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

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Food

Buy Unpackaged Produce

I will purchase produce items without plastic packaging.

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Food

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?
Woody Compton 7/31/2019 5:43 PM
The producers and retailers. It groups like objects and ensures they don't get confused with other, similar items. It's about getting every dime for every piece of produce.

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Food

With the added mindfulness of reducing your packaging, what have you noticed about the amount and type of single use plastics used for packaging when you shop in the grocery store?
Woody Compton 7/17/2019 5:55 PM
It's everywhere! I'm surprised every day by what cannot be recycled and how everything is packaged in plastic, and not just in the grocery store.

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Pets

In what ways is supplying your pet with all natural pet toys better for your pet, better for you, and better for the environment?
Woody Compton 7/16/2019 6:03 PM
My cats enjoy simple toys better than purchased ones. I don't know why. They love paper bags, a plastic milk jug ring on a long piece of yarn, and wadded up paper seem to make them happiest and get more attention than almost any toy we've purchased.

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