Emily Bridges

I will spend 10 minutes educating my family on the basics of living a reduced/no-plastic lifestyle.

I will not buy anything except items required for health and safety.

I will post to my social media networks about how reducing our plastic use is important for both environmental justice and conservation.

If traveling, I will reuse my old travel tubes to refill with my soaps or only bring bar soaps with me in a TSA approved reusable quart sized bag.

If traveling, I will bring my own snacks and meals in my own containers to avoid the waste of take-out containers.

I will give my pets natural alternatives to toys like femur bones and antlers, canvas, natural rubber, hemp, rope or cotton toys. Or I will make our own toys from recycled items found in our home!

I will purchase toothpaste in an aluminum tube or in a glass jar or make my own!

I will visit rePurpose website, complete the 3-minute plastic consumption calculator, and explore how I can reBalance my annual plastic footprint.

I will avoid buying toxic plastics, including polycarbonate, polystyrene and polyvinyl.

I will keep 1 plastic cutlery out of the landfill per day by using my own reusable cutlery.