Amanda Burns

Cheap, single-use items and disposable packaging end up blowing around as litter more often in poor and POC-majority neighborhoods. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate.

I will avoid sending 2 disposable cup(s) to the landfill each day by using a reusable mug.

I will enjoy 3 meatless meal(s) and/or 1 vegan meal(s) each day this week.

I will offer to help 1 person(s) who are in need each day.

I will write down three things every day that I am grateful for, or send one email every day thanking or praising someone.

I will meet 1 new neighbor(s) each day.

I will try a new method of food preparation, such as canning, pickling, or baking bread.

I will learn about sustainable fashion and begin trying to practice it in my own life.

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

I will save up to .21 lbs (.09 kg) of paper per day by switching from one-sided printing to two-sided when I have to print documents.

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by 0.11lbs (0.05kg) a day or 3.3lbs (1.6kg) a month by opting into paperless billing, ending unwanted subscriptions and opting out of junk mail.

If at all possible, I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 4 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

I will spend 5 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 keep 2 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.