Submitted by Star Gump, Twin Ports Rotaract- President
March ECO Challenge - Reduce use of single use plastics
Single use plastics, cans, and other one time use containers are used in our communities every single day. Last semester at UMD, I did a challenge for my sustainability class where we eliminated single serve beverages for a whole week. The Eco Challenge for this month is based on that idea. I challenge you to spend a day, a few days, or even a week eliminating single serve beverages and to see how many single serve beverages you consume over that period of time usually. By having this knowledge of how many containers we each use, we can see a better view of our climate impact.
What I found when doing this challenge is a new perspective on how many single serve containers/beverages we use in our daily lives. When we zoom out, these single serve containers are affecting our world and our climate by how they are produced and disposed of.