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Welcome to Hennepin County Zero Waste Challenge!

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

Hennepin County
Hennepin County Zero Waste Challenge
May 1 - May 31, 2021
Kristi Wiechert's avatar

Kristi Wiechert

Rebel Green

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 107 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    1.4
    pounds
    packaging waste avoided
  • UP TO
    1.0
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved

Kristi's actions

Belongings

Have a Zero-Waste Day

I will refuse all items that come in packaging for the entire day.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Community

Join a Cleanup Effort

I will host or participate in a park, highway, river or other cleanup effort in my community.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Week 1 Focus: Recycling and Composting

No More Wish-cycling

I will recycle the right materials by educating myself on what goes in the bin and keep other things out. 

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Food

Buy Unpackaged Produce

I will avoid 5 plastic bags by not bagging my produce or using reusable produce bags.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Participant Feed

  • Kristi Wiechert's avatar
    Kristi Wiechert 5/05/2021 4:59 PM
    Trashed cleaned up from annual highway clean up on 5/2/2021.
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  • Kristi Wiechert's avatar
    Kristi Wiechert 4/28/2021 6:40 AM
    I've been actively working towards living zero waste for a couple of years and I love sharing about our zero waste journey with friends and family. It makes me feel so good to make a difference and hope others will see how easy it is and jump on board. We have one Earth and I enjoy keeping it clean, and doing my part to create a smaller carbon footprint!
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