Michael Anzalone

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Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Historically, marginalized and low-income communities live closer to landfills, contributing to a multitude of health problems. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate.

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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.

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Personal Waste Audit

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

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Skip the Straw

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 3 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste

Bringing your own bags and containers to the grocery store, and even to restaurants for leftovers, are a couple of ways to reduce your waste. What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?
Michael Anzalone 10/16/2019 5:34 AM
I dont rly go out to eat but i tried reusing cups and things i didnt need to waste each day my dad gives us one cup to use and if we need to we get another one but we try to save the planet and reuse plastic bags my dad has stocked up in my cabinets

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- Susan Niver 10/20/2019 4:46 PM
  It's great that you and your dad are trying to conserve resources together! Keep up the good work!
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste

New to composting? Be sure to check out the action resource links to learn tips and more about it. As you transition from throwing food away to composting, what do you notice about how much you are tossing? How will you use your compost once it is ready?
Michael Anzalone 10/16/2019 5:32 AM
I normal always finish my food and my family doest waste food when im done i help my dad clean up and have left overs my left overs go to my dog will everyone elses food this wasnt terribly hard just tried not to waste food

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- Susan Niver 10/20/2019 4:51 PM
  I bet the extra food makes your dog happy!
  
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- Kristin Lucero 10/16/2019 5:36 AM
  Good job on your Echo Challenge.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste

Why is it so difficult to understand the impacts our purchases and waste have on other people, animals, and places? How might your experience with this challenge impact your future consumption and choices?
Michael Anzalone 10/16/2019 5:30 AM
This wasnt that hard i just pilled up my garbage sorted the recyclyeable and the non recyleable and seperate them both inorder and tried to see how much garbage i use over 2 weeks but it was a lot so now ima try to use way less garbage than i used to

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste

How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?
Michael Anzalone 10/16/2019 5:28 AM
I liked the challenge i feel like it helped me to learn to care for our planet but yeah i only used one plastic thing over these 2 weeks I used one plastic bag but yeah thats it

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- Susan Niver 10/20/2019 4:58 PM
  Do you ever use the trays or utensils in the school cafeteria? What can we do about that?
  
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