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Welcome to Hennepin County Plastic-Free Challenge!

Watch the short video below to learn the basics.
You'll be an Hennepin County Plastic-Free Challenge expert in no time!

Hennepin County
Hennepin County Plastic-Free Challenge
February 1 - February 28, 2023
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February 1 - February 28, 2023

VCPC Crew

Valley Community Presbyterian Church

Points Total

  • 0 Today
  • 0 This Week
  • 8,266
    Total

Team Impact

  • up to
    192
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • up to
    222
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • up to
    145
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • up to
    13
    pounds
    packaging waste avoided
  • up to
    423
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • up to
    153
    plastic containers
    not sent to the landfill
  • up to
    315
    pieces of plastic cutlery
    not sent to the landfill
  • up to
    503
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • up to
    7.7
    pounds
    waste avoided
  • up to
    20
    pounds
    waste recycled
  • up to
    1.0
    documentaries
    watched
  • up to
    110
    minutes
    spent learning

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  • February 28 at 2:18 PM
    Besides this challenge being informative, I enjoyed hearing suggestions from our Valley Team. Hopefully we can build on this and grow our environmental consciousness within the Valley.
    Robin Chen's avatar
    Robin Chen
  • February 28 at 6:51 AM
    Yesterday I started using my new plastic free cleaning products from Grove. They worked really well.
    Carolyn Anderson 's avatar
    Carolyn Anderson
  • February 27 at 2:55 PM
    I bought a refillable water bottle. Had to be lightweight, able to hang from my backpack and be unnoticeable.
    Sharon Pleimling's avatar
    Sharon Pleimling
  • February 27 at 12:08 PM
    Traveling makes sustainability hard! But we have our water bottles and we are in a restaurant and the only trash was a napkin😊
    Barb Wasmoen's avatar
    Barb Wasmoen
  • February 27 at 11:31 AM
    Tomorrow is the last day of the challenge and we hope that you each learned something new during this process. As this challenge ends we hope you will continue to work on reducing plastic and living a plastic-free lifestyle. It isn't easy and it does take intentional planning and decision making but if we all commit to making changes it can...
    Sheila Sheldon 's avatar
    Sheila Sheldon
  • February 21 at 3:59 PM
    Ray and I like Tare Market in NE Mpls. Also the coop on Central inNE. Lots of bulk opportunities at both of them.
    Carolyn Anderson 's avatar
    Carolyn Anderson

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