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February 1 - February 28, 2025

Bloomington Plastic-Free Pioneers

City of Bloomington

Reduce plastic use across the City of Bloomington.

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 1,025
    TOTAL

team impact

  • UP TO
    26
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    70
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    0.0
    plastic straws
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    1.0
    waste audit
    conducted
  • UP TO
    3.7
    pounds
    waste avoided
  • UP TO
    5.9
    pounds
    packaging waste avoided
  • UP TO
    14
    pounds
    waste recycled
  • UP TO
    2.0
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    2.0
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    170
    minutes
    spent learning

Team Feed

Recent updates from this team
  • February 18 at 1:51 PM
    It's hard to avoid one-use plastic.
  • February 7 at 7:52 PM
    My plastic-free challenge is going good since I try to recycle all the time and I use reusable dishes and silverware to eat!
  • February 5 at 12:07 PM
    My starting point in this challenge is that plastic recycling is a hoax allowing the plastics (petroleum) industry to pretend it's ok to keep making daily mountains of dangerous waste. Even the industry says they don't want us recycling #3,4,6 or 7 plastics. According to California's lawsuit against ExxonMobil, only about 5% of plastic waste in...
  • February 4 at 7:50 AM
    started the challenge strong by estimating my plastic footprint. I'm at about 30 lbs of plastic per year. I'm sure it's actually higher than that given the durable plastic goods that come and go in life. I think my biggest opportunity for improvement are plastic-packaged foods.

9 Team Members

Recently active team members
  • February 11
    Joined Hennepin County | Ramsey County | Washington County Plastic-Free Challenge
  • February 28, 2025
    Completed Pro One-Time Action
    + 10
  • February 28, 2025
    Completed More Than One Daily Action on 2/28/25
    + 5
  • February 26, 2025
    Completed One Daily Action on 2/26/25
    + 5
  • February 25, 2025
    Completed Actions Assessment
    + 1
  • February 21, 2025
    Credited Claire Pardubsky for a Referral
    + 1
  • February 18, 2025
    Answered a Reflection Question
    + 5
  • February 8, 2025
    Completed Actions Assessment
    + 1
  • January 21, 2025
    Posted a Profile Picture
    + 15

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