Cool Choices alumni are always inspiring us with how they continue to take sustainable actions after participating in our online sustainability program. This month we were impressed by the awesome things Tara is doing at work and at home.
What green activities have you been up to since taking part in the Cool Choices program?
Personally, I now carry a stainless steel coffee cup and a plastic tumbler with a lid and a straw in my car so that when I get a cup of coffee or a fountain drink I do not have to use a disposable cup. All gas stations accept it and fast food restaurants are okay with it if you don’t go through the drive-thru. Sometime I get funny looks, especially at fast food restaurants, but I am comfortable with my decision to eliminate the use of bottles and cups that are going to be thrown away.
Professionally, I have been able to get a recycling receptacle in our R&D test kitchen. 100% of the waste generated in the kitchen is now sorted properly. I have found that we had to make it easier than just throwing everything in the trash.
Do you have any tips for others trying to be sustainable?
Look at your kids and determine if the world you leave for them is the world you want them to have.
Tara took part in the Cool Choices online sustainability game in 2014 with West Liberty Foods. Inspired by Tara’s story? Remember, you can make a difference!
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How did Tara make recycling easier than just putting things in the trash? I find that when we hold a program at pyle that my guests will stand at the recycling boxes and want to do the right thing but find it confusing to try to figure out what goes where–do paper plates go into the paper slot? Where do yogurt containers go? I will be trying a new approach in the near future to see if i can get pyle to serve all food family style and with silver and china. but what did you do?