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Kristin Waters

Columbus Zoo & Aquarium

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 276 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    4.0
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    15
    minutes
    spent learning

Kristin's actions

Kitchen

Minimize Packaging

I will purchase food items with the least amount of packaging.

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DAILY ACTION

Bathroom

That Was a Close Shave

I will replace my disposable razors with steel razors.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Bathroom

Homemade or Refillable Cleaners

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

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Bedroom

Practice Sustainable Fashion

I will spend 30 minutes learning about the costs of fast fashion and begin trying to practice sustainable fashion in my own life.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Kitchen

Cook a Plastic Free Meal

I will prepare meals at home each day without using any items packaged in single-use plastic.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Kitchen

Swap the Snacks

I will swap out 2 prepackaged snacks a day for fresh fruits or veggies.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Bathroom

Sustainable Suds

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

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Bedroom

Ditch Dryer Sheets

I will use wool dryer balls or another plastic-free alternative to dryer sheets to keep my clothes static-free.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Bathroom

Green Beauty

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Bathroom

Travel Toiletries

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Kitchen

Clean Plate Club

When I need to replace my dish soap, I will switch to a bar or refillable option.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Community

Research Local Waste Sites

I will spend 20 minutes finding out where landfills and/or toxic waste sites are situated in my region and which communities are most impacted by these sites.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Kitchen

Go Strawless

I will keep 3 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill per day by refusing straws or using my own reusable straw.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Kitchen

Choose Reusable Food Storage

I will only use reusable containers instead of single-use plastic storage items (such as plastic wrap, single-use sandwich bags).

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed


  • Kristin Waters's avatar
    Kristin Waters 7/16/2023 5:10 AM
    This is quite a difficult challenge as it take so much thought throughout the day where those decisions I’m trying to change were made so much in auto pilot, it’s hard to get out of that mode and switch gears. I’ll have to do this again next year now that I have so many ideas on how to help with this

    • Kristin Waters's avatar
      Kristin Waters 7/18/2023 12:15 PM
      Hi Krystina!
      yes absolutely some great ideas that I would continue and look into after the program has finished. I just invested in some wool dryballs (Have been thinking about it for a while but finally took the plunge) So far so good. We do recycle and I'm getting much better at using eco bags for our grocery shopping. what I'm going to continue to work on is finding a solution for refillable toiletries. My city has one shop that has this purpose and I will need to look into it some more. Since that is something new to me I like to explore the different angles of it. ours seems more like a milk man solution but need to find out if I can just go in and shop there/try their products. some products can't be used in my household due to allergies. some things that are difficult atm are finding food options as well as gifts that are not packaged in tons of plastic and not purchasing plastic water bottles when traveling. I do love to try out the different food trucks in the area and most of those to-go containers are either styrofoam or plastic. ( Probably due to cost? )

      There is a lot to digest here but hopefully this works and more companies just get rid of plastic or offer some way to recycle their packaging in a closed loop sort of fashion.

    • Krystina Jarvis's avatar
      Krystina Jarvis 7/16/2023 10:17 AM
      It's an ongoing process for sure! Are there any actions you've taken on during the challenge so far that you're planning to continue after it ends?