John Ciccarelli

EcoChallenge Community Team

"To reduce my carbon footprint and cut down on my contributions to landfills. "

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
327 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

720

gallons of water

have been saved
UP TO

8.0

zero-waste meals

consumed

John's actions

Food

Keep Track of Wasted Food

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during the EcoChallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation.

COMPLETED 2
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Zero-waste Cooking

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero-waste each day.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Smaller Portions

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will use smaller plates and/or serve smaller portions when dishing out food.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Fix Leaky Faucets

#46 Water Saving - Home

I will fix faucets or report leaky faucets to facilities that have been wasting up to 9 gallons (34 L) of water per faucet every day.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Materials

Eliminate Toxic Plastics

#47 Bioplastic

I will avoid buying toxic plastics, including polycarbonate, polystyrene and polyvinyl and instead replace them with bioplastic or durable options.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

Materials

Go Paperless

#70 Recycled Paper

I will reduce the amount of paper mail that I receive by opting into paperless billing and subscriptions.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

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John Ciccarelli 4/25/2018 9:24 AM

I only cook what we will be able to eat at one meal. If that is not possible, then we are sure to eat the leftovers for lunch within a day or two.

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John Ciccarelli 4/16/2018 8:46 AM

With just the two of us, sometimes it's difficult to prepare meals with no waste, but I do try to only make what we can eat; and we always save our leftovers to eat another time.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Materials Eliminate Toxic Plastics

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?

John Ciccarelli 4/16/2018 6:00 AM

Paper plates could be replaced with regular dinnerware.

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John Ciccarelli 4/10/2018 10:24 AM

After recently moving to a condo, and becoming part a community, I've realized that we a all part of something bigger than ourselves. So with that in mind, I've been trying to cut down on waste and recycle as much as possible and help take care of my surroundings.

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John Ciccarelli 4/06/2018 8:19 PM

I've contacted my mutual funds and made arrangements to have my statements emailed instead of paper copies.

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