Coalition of North American Zoos and Aquariums

Plastic Free Ecochallenge 2019

July 1 - July 31, 2019

Lizzy Enos

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
127 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

20

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

6.0

zero-waste meals

consumed

Lizzy's actions

Lifestyle

Travel Smart

If traveling, I will bring my own plastic free items (water bottle, grocery bags, collapsible food containers, utensils, straws, etc.) with me.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Lifestyle

Travel Toiletries

If traveling, I will reuse my old travel tubes to refill with my soaps or only bring bar soaps with me in a TSA approved reusable quart sized bag.

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.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Cook a Zero-Plastic Waste Meal

I will prepare 3 meal(s) at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

COMPLETED 2
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.
Lizzy Enos 7/04/2019 10:47 AM
I have not noticed a shift in my own community, but when I visited California, they used only paper straws, and as people don't really like them, many were using their own reusable metal straws.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

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?
Lizzy Enos 6/16/2019 11:51 AM
Alternatives to these products are those made of metal and/or glass that can be reused again and again without producing plastic waste. My impact would not necessarily be much, but if I were to encourage my friends and family to do the same, the impact would grow and grow.

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