Coalition of North American Zoos and Aquariums

Plastic Free Ecochallenge 2022

July 1 - July 31, 2022

Amy McFall

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
132 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

10

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

15

minutes

spent learning
UP TO

16

plastic bottles

not sent to the landfill

Amy's actions

Family

Discover Together

I will spend 15 minutes educating my family on the basics of living a reduced/no-plastic lifestyle.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Fill a Water Bottle

I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 1 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Skip Plastic Bags

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

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Using the links provided, investigate the bottling practices of water corporations. There have been many cases where the water rights of the local people have been violated or even completely disregarded when a corporation decides to bottle water from a particular water source. How can you advocate for those who have been harmed by this bottling process?
Amy McFall 7/29/2022 6:18 AM
I am happy that I have switched to using a refillable water bottles. I had no idea how long it takes for some of the plastics to break down. It's alarming and now I am helping with the plastic reduction.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

How difficult was this challenge for you? What made it easy or difficult?
Amy McFall 7/29/2022 6:14 AM
It's a learning curve for sure. Knowing or estimating how many bags you will need and then how much to place into each bag without making them to heavy and backing up the register belt thus holding up the line while bagging. But I do not have a lot of unnecessary plastic bags just setting around the house and my reusable are back in the car ready to go.

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