
Kae Nestor
POINTS TOTAL
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Kae's actions
Food
Zero-Waste Cooking
I will cook 2 meal(s) with zero-waste each day
Waste
Use a Reusable Water Bottle
I will keep 1 disposable plastic bottle(s) from entering the waste stream by using a reusable water bottle.
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Kae Nestor 4/10/2025 11:57 PMFor my first Eco challenge activity for the waste category I chose to do 'using a reusable water bottle'. I chose this because over the last few months I have been bad about buying single use water bottles to drink at home. I primarily started doing this because I like to have cold water and I found it easiest for me to have a bottle already set for me to grab and go. For some reason I found that I would actually drink water this way which I normally have a bad habit of not drinking as much as a should. I tried to remedy the waste I created by at least getting the gallon jugs of water to dispense into cups. This worked for a little bit before I started to not drink as much water again. Using reusable water bottles also wasn't working because for some reason my brain had a problem with how it tasted. What did work however was simply reusing the plastic ones I did have and use. You can see with the picture attached me reusing one of my drink bottles to hold a new drink rather than buying a drink from the store that I would later throw the bottle away from.-
Amy Minato 4/14/2025 5:14 PM- TEAM CAPTAIN
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Mayo Costanza 4/13/2025 5:48 PMThis probably won't help with your issue with the taste, but I've found that the best way to motivate myself to reuse things like water bottles and bags and such is to get ones that I really like! I put a bunch of stickers that I love on my reusable water bottle and I become very attached to it and it forces me to never lose it and to bring it with me everywhere. You could also try doing that with disposable bottles, maybe drawing cool designs on them or just personalizing them in any way you like. -
Emma Straub 4/12/2025 3:29 PMHi Kae! i found your post really interesting, and thought that it showed a great balance of trying more sustainable choices without sacrificing your health or comfortability. While I use metal water bottles, I know a lot of people don't like the taste of them or plastic reusable bottles, and I enjoyed your perspective on reducing plastic use by reusing the plastic bottles that you like to buy. This is awesome progress, thanks for sharing!
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