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October 3 - October 24, 2018
Ashley Mills's avatar

Ashley Mills

PNC

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 144 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    8.0
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    1.0
    waste audit
    conducted

Ashley's actions

Waste

Personal Waste Audit

I will collect all of my unrecyclable, non-compostable trash to raise my awareness of how much I send to the landfill.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

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 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Go Paperless

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by opting into paperless billing and ending unwanted subscriptions.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Choose Two-Sided Printing

I will save up to .21 lbs (.09 kg) of paper each day by switching from one-sided printing to two-sided.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?

  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Waste Personal Waste Audit
    Why is it so difficult to understand the impacts our purchases and waste have on other people, animals, and places? How might your experience with this challenge impact your future consumption and choices?

    Ashley Mills's avatar
    Ashley Mills 10/11/2018 10:48 AM

    Most people just throw away waste and don't think about the impact that waste has on our environment. Realizing that waste (not recycled or composted) will forever be filling our space in a landfill, makes you question every piece of waste.