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Welcome to EcoChallenge!

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Northwest Earth Institute
EcoChallenge
October 14 - October 28, 2016
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Carol Suboleski

Mrs.Suboleski's Class

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 165 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    7.0
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    14
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    1.7
    pounds of paper
    have been saved

Carol's actions

Waste

Use Reusable Containers

I will only use reusable containers for my lunches at work or school.

COMPLETED 10
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Choose Two-Sided Printing

I will save up to .21 lbs (.09 kg) of paper per day by switching from one-sided printing to two-sided at work.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Mug

I will avoid sending 1 disposable cup(s) to the landfill per day.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use a Reusable Water Bottle

I will keep 2 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Recycle all Recyclable Materials

I will recycle all materials that are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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    Carol Suboleski 10/26/2016 10:41 AM
     Today we talked about how to reuse tissue boxes. A few ways we thought of reusing them are we could use them for storage,for example for storing Pokemon cards, we could use them for collecting money like one we could collect cash and one we could collect change. 
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    Carol Suboleski 10/24/2016 12:23 PM
    we now have ways to reuse news paper bags. we can use them to pick up dog poop!
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    Carol Suboleski 10/21/2016 11:47 AM
    Today are class is reusing coke cans.We thought  of reusing  the bottom of the can for a syrup bottle.You can also make gifts out  of a coke cans.You can make a rose out of a  can. A lot of people like to play games so make a cool towers that you can play games with it.All the cool  stuff you can make with coke cans.
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    Carol Suboleski 10/20/2016 11:25 AM
    Today our class collected milk jugs.Our class thought of some ideas of how to make crafts with them. Here is one example to make a funnel out of a milk jug.   
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    Carol Suboleski 10/19/2016 11:14 AM
    Our class reuses envelopes from mail. To hold coupons, trading cards, and you can make shopping lists from them.
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    Carol Suboleski 10/18/2016 11:23 AM
    Together we reduce, reuse, and recycle. Most of all we try to reuse. We are trying to make a chess table out of a cereal box and bottle caps.
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    Carol Suboleski 10/17/2016 5:21 AM
    Our class is working on reusing everything that we can.  We brainstormed some ideas and thought of things that we can use again.  Some of the items include bottle lids, boxes, cans, paper towel and toilet paper tubes, water bottles, and both sides of the paper.  What do YOU reuse?
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