Karen Thompson

Cleveland Clinic Sustainability

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
224 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

24

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

21

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

1.0

waste audit

conducted

Karen's actions

Lifestyle

Complete a Waste Audit

I will conduct a waste audit - including recyclables and compost - to understand how much waste I create and where I can reduce the most.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Go Strawless

I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill per day by refusing straws or using my own reusable straw.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Skip Plastic Bags

When possible, I will not use disposable bags when shopping, including produce bags.

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?

Karen Thompson 7/31/2022 9:01 PM

I just started this challenge and I have so far to go but it's also good that I had some good habits already.

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- Thomas Saad 8/10/2022 8:28 AM
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Skip Plastic Bags

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

Karen Thompson 7/31/2022 8:47 PM

Most times I go to the store and I forget my reusable bags or they have already been used if I went to a previous store, I ask for paper bags because I can easily recycle those.
It is very hard to break the cycle of automatically using plastic bags because they are always in your face when you go to the store and you don't even think about it. You just automatically use them especially when doing self checkout.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Lifestyle Complete a Waste Audit

What did you learn about the waste you create? Where can you reduce the most?

Karen Thompson 7/31/2022 8:44 PM

Found I used a lot of plastic utensils for convenience instead of regular utensils. Stopped that.
Reduced the amount of days I watered my lawn.
Started to return plastic bags to grocery stores if i get any to their bag recycling center.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food Go Strawless

Have you noticed a shift in your community as more messaging about reusable straws becomes mainstream? Cite some examples.

Karen Thompson 7/11/2022 4:26 AM

Not really. There is not even the effort to use biodegradable straws. If that was a choice, it would make using straws guilt free.

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