Successes & failures while out of town helping family member move:
1. Brought refillable stainless steel travel mug
2. Forgot to use my packed utensils with take-out food
3. Prevented many items from landfill by diverting to donation
4. At hotel there was no bin for cardboard or paper which surprised me

Spent the day helping family members move. Many times I stopped them from tossing usable items and set them aside for donation.

I will be a host for a group of friends on July 31 and we will use all paper or reusable containers.

I have been talking to several people about using less plastic for events and they agree asking other to bring reusable to events is a great idea.

Driving out of state today so I’m packing and using my stainless steel tumbler. What do you do for the duration of a trip? How do I avoid plastic bottles when we stop for gas and water?

Rewatching some videos today that I viewed at the beginning of the challenge hit me differently now that I’ve learned so much about the pervasiveness of plastic. It has its place for good but in many ways is clogging everything up - including recycling plants!

I'm happy to report that I convinced a coworker to fix a hose with a simple mender rather than throwing the entire thing away for a new one!

I've always heard that it takes 21 days to build a habit. Since I've checked in every day this month, it makes sense that on the 21st night I actually had a nightmare/dream about not being able to find bins to put away my recyclables. It was a strange combination of former workplaces, various coworkers from different jobs, random envelopes and newsprint. So I would say this EcoChallenge has already influenced my brain!