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Emma Durrenberger

RIT Sustainable Living Class - Spring 2021

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 549 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    3.1
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    18
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    5.0
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    6.4
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    13
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    175
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    153
    gallons of water
    have been saved

Emma's actions

Waste

Compost Food Waste

I will avoid sending up to .69 lbs (.31 kg) of food waste to the landfill each day by composting my food or learning how to.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

RESEARCH LOCAL WASTE SITES

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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Learn About & Practice Sustainable Fashion

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

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Waste

Prevent Recycling Contamination

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.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

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.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Find Local Recycling Depots

I will find out where to recycle the recyclable items that I can't put in recycling dumpsters or my curbside bin.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food

Weekly Meal Planning

I will reduce food waste and save money by planning a weekly menu, only buying the ingredients I need.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Zero-Waste Cooking

I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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