Coalition of North American Zoos and Aquariums

Plastic Free Ecochallenge 2019

July 1 - July 31, 2019

Debra Kornmuller

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
136 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

24

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

18

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

18

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Debra's actions

Food

Use Reusable Bags

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

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Family

Provide the Alternatives

I will provide daily plastic free alternatives (straws, water bottles, cuttlery, bar soap, bamboo toothbrushes, etc.) for my family to use.

COMPLETED 6
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

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

How difficult was this challenge for you? What made it easy or difficult?
Debra Kornmuller 7/06/2019 1:53 AM
Having the reusable produce and shopping bags easily accessible has made it much easier.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Family

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) does your family regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
Debra Kornmuller 6/30/2019 1:38 PM
We have the reusable straws we use at home but are not good at carrying them with us.
We will start to carry them with us when we eat out.

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