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2018 People's Ecochallenge
October 3 - October 24, 2018
Alverta Alvarado's avatar

Alverta Alvarado

KCIA GREEN TEAM

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 70 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    3.0
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill

Alverta's actions

Water

Say No to Plastic Straws

An estimated 71% of seabirds and 30% of turtles have been found with plastics in their stomachs. When they ingest plastic, marine life has a 50% mortality rate. By asking for no straw when placing a drink order, I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) of out of the ocean each day.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Water
    What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
    Alverta Alvarado's avatar
    Alverta Alvarado 10/18/2018 11:13 AM
    I feel good that I did not use plastic straws. I feel like the challenge was easy because I really do not use straws that often.
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