Challenge

Waste Not, Want Not: Reducing Waste for a Sustainable Future

Finished
57 participants
Join us in our global effort to reduce waste and promote sustainable living with our "Waste Not, Want Not" campaign. Throughout August, we’ll focus on simple yet impactful actions that everyone can take to minimize waste and make a positive environmental impact.
0 of 12 actions completedFinished 3 months ago

Campaign Impact

Waste Not, Want Not: Reducing Waste for a Sustainable Future has been going for 117 days

The total impact of the campaign based on taken actions by all participants. Keep up the good work:)

kgCO2e
16,286
DALYs
3.1-2
M3
599
KG
183
kWh
48,205

total participants

57

finished participants

46

actions taken

369
Campaign illustration

Actions

Turn off the water while you wash dishes

Turn off the water while you wash dishes

In Modelling
41
Recycle plastic

Recycle plastic

kgCO2e
3,850
DALYs
6.9-3
M3
3.9
KG
38.4
kWh
11,396
49
Recycle paper and cardboard

Recycle paper and cardboard

kgCO2e
1,750
DALYs
3.1-3
M3
1.8
KG
34.9
kWh
5,180
46
Recycle glass

Recycle glass

kgCO2e
320
DALYs
5.8-4
M3
3.2-1
KG
6.4
kWh
947
45
Save fish, don't flush medications

Save fish, don't flush medications

In Modelling
31
Leave it Better Than You Found It

Leave it Better Than You Found It

In Modelling
27
Eat ice cream! (in a cone)

Eat ice cream! (in a cone)

In Modelling
37
Choose used clothing

Choose used clothing

In Modelling
29
Plastic-free cotton swabs

Plastic-free cotton swabs

In Modelling
22
Cancel a magazine/newspaper subscription that you don't read

Cancel a magazine/newspaper subscription that you don't read

In Modelling
14
Use reusable silicone covers in place of plastic

Use reusable silicone covers in place of plastic

In Modelling
18
Install a bathroom sink aerator

Install a bathroom sink aerator

kgCO2e
10,366
DALYs
2.0-2
M3
593
KG
103
kWh
30,682
10
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