Cole Christ

This week I tried to reduce the amount of takeout coffee cups I use. I usually buy 1 to 2 cups of coffee a day, so I decided to get a reusable coffee cup that I can just clean at home instead of throwing out 10 containers a week. Decided to reduce this first because it is one of my biggest throwaway items and I can easily weigh how much I am throwing out. Each cup was around 9 grams while the lids were around 7 grams, which was more than what I would have thought. The cups are made of paper, but have a plastic waterproof lining, so they have to go into the trash. Converting to using a reusable mug ended up reducing my paper cup usage for the week by 90 g and the lids are completely made of plastic which save 70 g.
By switching I no longer will be throwing out a pound of waste every 3 - 4 weeks, I did not realize how much it ends up adding up just by myself. My main obstacle for me was being consistent for the week. The cafe I go to was super cool about letting me use my own mug instead, which when I change things up sometimes, I get anxiety about it. It was cool to try and do, now I just have to be more consistent about it. Will be focusing more on meal prep and shifting away from plastic meal prep containers as the weeks go on.