Elsa Meinig

I signed a petition for waxed cardboard boxes (food boxes) to be recycled in this area. I shared this action with my friends. I chose this action because Waste Management does not recycle these items in this area.

Cheap, single-use items and disposable packaging end up blowing around as litter more often in poor and BIPOC-majority neighborhoods. I will avoid buying and using 1 single-use plastics and instead replace them with durable options.

Contamination prevents what is recyclable from being recycled. I will research and recycle all materials that are accepted by local haulers or drop stations in my community, making sure to not contaminate recyclables with non-recyclables.

I will learn about sustainable fashion and begin trying to practice it in my own life.

I will advocate for alternatives to single-use packaging at local grocery stores, markets, at work, or on campus.

There are microfibers in our drinking water. We have microfibers in our blood system. The city follows EPA guidelines. EPA does not answer my questions about microfibers in our drinking water. I am contacting 2 companies that are making filters for different uses. One is Brita that makes water filters. I need to find out about the other one if they can make water filters for washing machines to collect microfibers from the microfibers garments and others. This would avoid the microfibers go into the rivers.