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Jill Hayward

SUNY Upstate

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 61 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    20
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    0.7
    pounds
    waste composted

Jill's actions

One Healthcare

Explore the Feed

I will read the Ecochallenge feed each day and comment on posts by people who I don't know, but whose content inspires or interests me.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

At Home

Dishwasher Efficiency

Hand washing dishes can use more energy and hot water than running a full dishwasher. To save water, I will scrape instead of rinsing dishes before loading them into the dishwasher, and only run it when it is full.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

At Home

Brush My Teeth Without Water Running

I will save up to 4 gallons (15 L) of water each day by turning it off while brushing my teeth.

COMPLETED 5
DAILY ACTIONS

At Home

Switch to Cold Water

I will switch to washing my clothes in cold water, saving up to 1,600 lbs of CO2 over the course of the next year.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

At Home

Practice the 5 r's

I will Practice the "5 Rs" — refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle — to reduce my waste more than I can with just recycling alone.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

At Home

Compost Food Waste

I will avoid sending food waste to the landfill by composting my food scraps.

COMPLETED 1
DAILY ACTION

Participant Feed

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