"Be more aware of my plastic use and make efforts to reduce it."
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participant impact
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pieces of litter
picked up
Laura's actions
Personal Care
See the Green
I will properly recycle used contact lenses and packaging.
COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS
Community
Share My Actions
I will make my environmental actions visible by posting to my social media networks.
UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION
Food
Minimize Packaging
I will purchase food items with the least amount of packaging.
COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS
Community
Keep My Community Clean
I will pick up 2 piece(s) of litter each day.
COMPLETED 7
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?
Plastic-free conference! It can be done! These guys were quite thorough: http://theconversation.com/we-organised-a-conference-for-570-people-without-using-plastic-heres-how-it-went-120157?fbclid=IwAR27oQvhEp7qggWB-v5mXOtl-8KY1emLsaIpZMQeHwvx0qTly8zGfHS_tuY
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?
Single use packaging is ubiquitous, much of it impossible or extremely difficult to recycle. Some foods cannot be purchased from standard grocery chains without single use plastics.