Myra Kim

New York Aquarium

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
803 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

60

pieces of plastic cutlery

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

1.0

plastic bottle

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

20

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

20

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

40

zero-waste meals

consumed

Myra's actions

Family

Glass Bottle Baby

I will replace 1 plastic bottles with glass or stainless steel alternatives.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Minimize Packaging

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

COMPLETED 19
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Cook a Zero-Plastic Waste Meal

I will prepare 2 meal(s) at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

COMPLETED 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 20
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 20
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 20
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.

To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

Myra Kim 7/18/2019 6:55 AM

I found a Japanese retail company called Muji that emphasizes recycling and the reduction of waste in production/packaging and will begin rewarding customers who bring reusable bags by offering discounts.

One major consumption of plastic in my life comes from my purchase of stationary, so I’m happy that they
offer refills for most of their gel pens. I've found that they write better/have better ink flow than almost every pen I have, which will definitely reduce the number of plastic pens I run through this year.

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Myra Kim 7/17/2019 3:38 AM

Here's a tutorial on shopping plastic free at farmers markets that I found to be really helpful: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17846814526414810/?hl=en

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- Myra Kim 7/17/2019 3:41 AM
  
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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.

Myra Kim 7/14/2019 8:21 AM

I've noticed a lot more advertisements for reusable straws that have been appearing on my Instagram (although this just might be an example of targeted advertising), which may be sign of a communal shift towards being more conscious of single use plastics amongst the younger generations

My collapsible straw
. I know that several people on the Friday dive team now carry their own reusable straws.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Minimize Packaging

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?

Myra Kim 7/14/2019 8:11 AM

The amount of plastic being used for packaging seems to vary depending on the type of grocery store you visit. What I found, was that farmers markets and Asian markets seems to utilize the least amount of plastic in their packaging, and were also the most accommodating, since I could hand back some packaging to be reused (like plastic berry baskets).

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- Myra Kim 7/16/2019 6:37 AM
  
  @Joe & Elizabeth
  Central Valley Farm at Union Square Greenmarket sells fresh blueberries in pulp berry baskets https://www.instagram.com/p/BzQhFBSAc6H/ if you're ever in the area.
  
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- J. Elizabeth Clark 7/16/2019 5:50 AM
  
  I am also struggling with berry containers.
  
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- Joseph Gessert 7/15/2019 4:04 AM
  
  Interesting. We've been struggling with the berry containers.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Use Reusable Bags

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

Myra Kim 7/12/2019 6:20 AM

This was probably the easiest challenge that I've been completing on a daily basis. In anticipation for the Plastic Free Ecochallege, I'd brought a couple of reusable bags from Baggu, a Brooklyn-based company that makes bags out of 100% recycled nylon. The only problem was remembering to bring them with me every time I stepped out, which led me to clipping the foldable pouch that the bag cam in, to my main backpack.

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