Ashleigh Ripplinger

uregina students

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Use Reusable Bags

If at all possible, I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

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Use a Reusable Mug

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I will avoid sending 10 disposable cup(s) to the landfill each day by using a reusable mug.

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Skip the Straw

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Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 6 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 Use a Reusable Mug

Maybe you've heard how good it is to switch from a single use coffee cup to a reusable one, but it's just hard to make the switch. What stands in your way of making this a habit? By identifying the challenges, you can begin to work through them to have better success in taking this action. Knowing the difference you are making, how does it make you feel?

Ashleigh Ripplinger 10/09/2020 3:23 PM

I think the biggest challenge is just remembering to bring my reusable mug when I go out to coffee shops. It feels good when I'm able to avoid using unnecessary items such as one use cups that just go straight to the dump or even just end up on the streets somewhere.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste Use Reusable Bags

What do you do if you find yourself in the situation of needing a bag for items but don't have a reusable one with you or aren't allowed to use the one you brought? Carry things out in your hands? In a cart? Accept a disposable one? If you find yourself in this position often, what system could you put in place to try to create a successful habit of not using plastic bags?

Ashleigh Ripplinger 10/09/2020 3:19 PM

Whenever I'm stuck having to use plastic bags I collect them at home and reuse them as garbage bags.

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