Join The Plastic-Free Challenge In Eden Prairie

Press release from the City of Eden Prairie:

December 31, 2020

Kick off the new year with Hennepin County’s Plastic-Free Challenge, a great way to adopt new habits that will help you set and keep resolutions to lower your impact on the environment.

The Plastic-Free Challenge is a month-long effort to reduce plastic consumption, especially single-use plastics, in ways that best fit your lifestyle and are most impactful to reducing your environmental footprint. The challenge runs Jan. 20 to Feb. 17.

Although plastic is a versatile material with many uses, it is also concerning because it presents health risks, contributes to litter and pollution, and is challenging to dispose of. Some of the most common and problematic plastic items we deal with every day come in the form of packaging and single-use plastics. Since these items are used for a short period of time and then discarded, they contribute significantly to the increasing amount of plastic waste.

There are many simple changes you can make that will add up to a big impact — reuse of plastic containers, skipping plastic straws, saying no to plastic bags, understanding your plastic footprint, avoiding plastic packaging and much more. In fact, the Plastic-Free Challenge has more than 60 actions you can choose from in seven categories.

Commit to taking action and see the impact of your actions add up. Once you sign up and create your profile, you can browse the categories and actions, check off the actions you already take, and select up to five one-time actions and five daily actions to make progress on during the four-week challenge.

Join the challenge now at hennepinplasticfree.ecochallenge.org.

This press release was produced by the City of Eden Prairie. The views expressed here are the author’s own.