How congregants are reducing plastic use
Collected ideas from our 9/22/24 water ritual service
- Stop using plastic utensils when ordering out (3)
- Don’t use plastic straws (8)
- Use shampoo bars instead of liquid in plastic bottles
- Stop using single use water bottles (10)
- Reusable silicone storage bags rather than single-use ziploc plastic bags
- Buy glass products instead of plastic whenever possible
- Avoid single use plastic (3)
- I carry a bamboo straw / Keep reusable straws in my car or purse
- Switch from plastic to glass tea bottles
- Use different yogurt containers
- Stop buying plastic tubs (2)
- Use a non-plastic water bottle
- Recycle plastic bags
- We don’t use plastics / Refuse plastics
- Bring my own reusable takeout containers when I eat out (2)
- Use reusable bags when shopping
What congregants are doing to help the oceans and Earth
- Eat vegetarian (2) / eat vegetarian 2-3x/week (4)
- Eat vegan / Eat vegan once a week
- Meatless Mondays
- I use washing machine sheets
- We refuse silly items
- Pick up trash at school
- We buy sustainable seafood (4)
- Read pet food labels for sustainable seafood
- Reduce, reuse, recycle
- Composting (2)
- Participate in beach cleanup (3)
- Annual donations to Ocean Conservancy and Nature Conservancy
- Pouring water from cooking in the garden, not down the drain
- Rarely eat takeout
- Take shorter showers