Patsy Alldredge

WashU Plastic Free

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
250 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

50

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Patsy's actions

Community

Attend Plastic Use in Research and Healthcare (July 20, 12 - 1pm)

Join WashU Sustainability Staff July 20th from 12pm – 1pm to learn more about how single-use plastics are used in research and healthcare and how you can begin to reduce plastic use in your lab or practice.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

GO A DAY WITHOUT EATING MEAT

Reducing meat consumption has many benefits; it curtails greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and soil degradation. It will also save an enormous amount of land, water use and will increase biodiversity.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Cook a Plastic Free Meal

I will prepare meals at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Choose Reusable Food Storage

I will only use reusable containers instead of single-use plastic storage items (such as plastic wrap, single-use sandwich bags).

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Minimize Packaging

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

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Skip Plastic Bags

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

COMPLETED 4
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?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

How can you think outside the box (or bag!) when it comes to disposables?
Patsy Alldredge 7/05/2022 1:39 PM
I love to repurpose mason jars and other glass containers (pickle or salsa jars for example) to store things around the house. I do have small kids, so for things that they might use, I tend to favor metal containers. For the times when I can't avoid plastic, I try to repurpose the containers in some way. I've even used old plastic food containers to store small toys like legos.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

How difficult was this challenge for you? What made it easy or difficult?
Patsy Alldredge 7/05/2022 1:33 PM
This is something that is super easy for me to do. I keep my cloth bags in my car at all times, so even for impromptu store trips, I still have bags that I can use. I love how much more I can put in my cloth bags. It saves me trips to and from the car when I am unloading.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

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?
Patsy Alldredge 7/05/2022 1:32 PM
I have really become aware of just how much packaging everything comes wrapped in. Many times it will be a paper box wrapped in plastic with another plastic bag inside of the box containing the food item. This is so wasteful. I've started buying bulk items when possible and bringing my own bags to fill.

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