Nico Heyning

Aquarium of the Pacific

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
330 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

35

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

5.0

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

7.0

zero-waste meals

consumed
UP TO

5.0

conversations

with people
UP TO

17

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

3.0

pieces of plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill

Nico's actions

Food

Cook a Zero-Plastic Waste Meal

I will prepare 1 meal(s) at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Family

Discover Together

I will spend 5 minutes educating my family on the basics of living a reduced/no-plastic lifestyle.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Advocate For More Food Packaging Options

I will advocate for alternatives to single use packaging at local grocery stores, markets, or work.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

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 3
DAILY 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

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

Food

Skip the Straw

I will keep 5 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill per day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases, including produce bags.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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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.

Nico Heyning 7/03/2019 9:18 AM

This one is starting to get easier to more I do it. Having friends at the aquarium who also ask for no straws helps me do the same when I'm with my other friends.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Containers

How can you think outside the box (or bag!) when it comes to disposables?

Nico Heyning 7/02/2019 7:20 AM

Having cheap options to store food that aren't plastic is a big problem. Plastic sandwich bags are probably my #1 plastic used since I love bring a sandwich to work. If there were other options, like paper bags, paper wrapping, and/or glass containers, that were easily accessible and cheap, then reducing the amount of plastic sandwich bags is a possibility.

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- Dana Neel 7/02/2019 9:46 AM
  
  Hey! I know its not incredibly cheap, but I use beeswax wraps, and they last for a year or so depending on usage, so its a worthy investment. I also bring sandwiches in Tupperware. If you pack it in tupperware that it JUST barely fits in, it holds it all together real well :)
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Bags

How difficult was this challenge for you? What made it easy or difficult?

Nico Heyning 7/02/2019 7:16 AM

This isn't a hard challenge once the habit is established, but having a mindset of bringing bags is very hard.

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Nico Heyning 7/02/2019 7:15 AM

They are going ok. Slow but good.

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