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Anthony Gonzales

Reid Park Zoo

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 351 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    21
    pieces of plastic cutlery
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    16
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    6.0
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill

Anthony's actions

Food

Buy Unpackaged Produce

I will purchase produce items without plastic packaging.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Utensils

I will keep 3 plastic cutlery out of the landfill per day by using my own reusable cutlery.

COMPLETED 4
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 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Containers

I will only use reusable containers instead of single-use plastic storage items (such as plastic wrap, single-use sandwich bags).

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Family

Plastic Free Lunch Boxes

I will only pack reusable cutlery, drinkware and tupperware-like containers in my children's lunches to reduce plastic waste.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Use Reusable Utensils
    How can you be an advocate for using resusables instead of disposables for the rest of your community? Where are they currently dependent on disposable cutlery, and how can you convince them of the need for change?

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    Anthony Gonzales 7/08/2019 6:22 AM
    urge them to use re-usable utensils and cups instead of disposable ones when they have BBQ's or parties at home 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Use Reusable Containers
    How can you think outside the box (or bag!) when it comes to disposables?

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    Anthony Gonzales 7/08/2019 6:21 AM
    use more eco-friendly materials that are bio-degradable and break down on there own alot easier
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Food Buy Unpackaged Produce
    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?

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    Anthony Gonzales 7/05/2019 9:06 AM
    its just used for convenience for the consumer and people should really be using reusable bags instead
  • 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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    Anthony Gonzales 7/05/2019 9:04 AM
    more and more restaurants are either going away from using straws entirely  or are switching to a biodegradable version of it 

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    Anthony Gonzales 7/01/2019 2:01 PM
    bought a reusable bottle for drinking water and  bought reusable bags for when I go grocery shopping. so no more plastic
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Family Plastic Free Lunch Boxes
    Most of us know that the "3 R's" are reduce, reuse, recycle. Recycling is most heavily emphasized in modern Western culture. How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle? How does considering implementing these "R's" make you feel?

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    Anthony Gonzales 7/01/2019 9:16 AM
    stop buying bottled water and buy a reusable bottle instead, recycle all household materials that are possible