Barbara Hudson

SIGH, I signed up to do this but never really figured out how to record my progress. I just returned from a "grandma trip" with my 4 oldest (,8,.9,11,13) grandchildren to the St. Louis Arch and City Museum. We were gone 5 days and collected as much of our disposable plastic as possible. I was dismayed by the bulk of it. It will go into our recycle at home. 
The children were not allowed to have lids or straws with any fountain drinks. It is a small thing but I wish more people would start refusing these unnecessary ocean-foulers. 
At the Riverboat Cruise on the Mississippi we saw a relatively small jam of flotsam from the recent flooding. I was again dismayed by the amount of plastic litter. 

I am interested in learning ways to eliminate single use plastic from my life. I already  recycle, use stainless steel straws but I want to be a part of encouraging companies from using so much plastic. I'm interested in learning about alternatives I can advocate.