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Welcome to 2018 People's Ecochallenge!

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2018 People's Ecochallenge
October 3 - October 24, 2018
Kate Cappleman Sinz's avatar

Kate Cappleman Sinz

The University of Vermont Medical Center

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 125 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    5.0
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    4.0
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    6.0
    pounds
    waste composted

Kate's actions

Waste

Skip the Straw

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Historically, marginalized and low-income communities live closer to landfills, contributing to a multitude of health problems. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate.

COMPLETED 4
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Compost Food Waste

I will avoid sending up to .69 lbs (.31 kg) of food waste to the landfill each day by composting my food or learning how to.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste
    New to composting? Be sure to check out the action resource links to learn tips and more about it. As you transition from throwing food away to composting, what do you notice about how much you are tossing? Do you know how your compost will be used and the benefits it has on the environment?
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    Kate Cappleman Sinz 10/16/2018 5:49 AM
    I have historically composted, but have been lazy about it lately
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste
    Bringing your own bags and containers to the grocery store, and even to restaurants for leftovers, are a couple of ways to reduce your waste. What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
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    Kate Cappleman Sinz 9/25/2018 6:25 AM
    I use vegetable bags some, straws sometimes, and single use yogurt containers.  I could make my own yogurt (did this in the past) and pack it in reusable containers, or could use larger containers, pack in reusable containers, and donate the large containers to my CSA for flowers.
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