Addison Norris

UTKSUST

Points Total

0 Today
100 This Week
860 Total

Participant Impact

up to

126

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill
up to

540

gallons of water

have been saved

Challenges

Materials

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

#47 Bioplastic

I will avoid buying and using 2 single-use plastics and instead replace them with durable options.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY CHALLENGES

Materials

Fix Leaky Faucets

#46 Water Saving - Home

I will fix faucets or report leaky faucets to facilities that have been wasting up to 9 gallons (34 L) of water a day or 270 (1,020 L) gallons of water a month per faucet.

Completed
One-Time Challenge

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Addison Norris 3/25/2020 1:06 PM

Now that the world is in pandemic mode I am home doing online classes and my mom always has bought these huge packs of water bottles but after a debate I had with her I have convinced her to stop buying these huge cases of plastic water bottles and instead just keep a Brita filter in the fridge.

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Reflection Question
Materials Reduce Single-Use Disposables

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?

Addison Norris 3/02/2020 10:24 AM

I usually would bring a new water bottle everyday with me to class but instead I have started to refill a refillable water bottle and bring it to class.

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