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Plastic Challenge: jennifer patrick, Week 1
Location:boise, Idaho, United States
Name: jennifer patrick
Week: 1
Personal Info:
I’ve been a vegetarian for 21 years. I just this week became vegan, so shouldn’t have any more yogurt containers!
List of plastic items REFUSED this week. (Yay!)
plastic beer cup
Total items collected: 7
Total weight: 02.8 ounces
Items: Recyclable
small to go box -compost, made of corn
yogurt container-#5 recycled
yogurt container lid- #5 recycled
Items: Nonrecyclable
toothpaste tube-trash
toilet paper wrapper-trash
tortillas wrapper-trash
top of cat snacks package- trash
What items can I easily replace with plastic free or less plastic alternatives?
tortillas
What items are essential and seem to have no plastic-free alternative?
toilet paper
What lifestyle change(s) might be necessary to reduce my plastic consumption?
vegan
What one plastic item am I willing to give up or replace this week?
yogurt container
What other conclusions, if any, can I draw?
I’m wondering if meals eaten at restaurants are falsely thought of as “plastic free”?
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Tags: plastic challenge, plastic containers, plastic packaging, plastic wrappers
