Rose Slick

Using the action resource links below, my family will spend 30 minutes learning about environmental justice, causes of environmental injustice, and how plastic waste disproportionately impacts already vulnerable communities.

I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill per day by refusing straws or using my own reusable straw.

I will spend 30 minutes finding out where landfills and/or toxic waste sites are situated in my region and which communities are most impacted by these sites.

I will host or participate in a beach, highway, river, or other cleanup effort in my community.

I will make my own cleaning products or choose plastic-free, refillable options.

If traveling, I will reuse my old travel tubes to refill with my soaps or only bring bar soaps with me.

Because many tea bags and most sleeves and sachets contain plastic, I will switch to using loose leaf tea.

I will replace my soaps, shampoos, conditioners, and lotions with sustainable, unpackaged, or refillable options.

Contamination prevents what is recyclable from being recycled. I will spend 30 minutes researching which materials are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community and recycle only those items.

When it's time to buy more, I will replace my beauty products with refillable, sustainable, and/or DIY options.

I will give a shout-out on social media to a local company, coworker, friend or family member for their plastic free or green efforts.

I will advocate for alternatives to single use packaging at local grocery stores, markets, or work.

I will recycle used contact lenses and packaging.

I will try new recipe(s) or food preparation method(s) each day, such as canning, pickling, making yogurt, or baking granola bars or bread.

I will make my environmental actions visible by sharing about them on my social media networks and the Plastic Free Ecochallenge participant feed.

I will lobby my workplace to have reusable dishes and silverware in order to minimize disposables.

I will pick up 3 piece(s) of litter each day.

I will swap out 1 prepackaged snacks a day for fresh fruits or veggies.