It’s important not to waste, Plastic and trash kill wildlife and hurt oceans. Here are three achievable ways you can reduce trash.
First, you should recycle your batteries and household electronics. Best Buy, Whole Foods, Home Depot, Lowes and Staples all have free battery recycling programs! This gives us a lot of hope. Change is a lot easier than we knew. Here are some websites that help you find out where to recycle electronics: https://earth911.com/recycling-guide/how-to-recycle-single-use-batteries/ and https://www.call2recycle.org are websites that help you find places to recycle
Second, you can actually grow new lettuce really easily indoors! lettuce does well at room temperature with direct sunlight and is really easy to take care of. All you need is standard potting soil, water, fertilizer, and a grow light or sunny window. A perfect activity to take up time during the quarantine and a nice thing to do as a family. Here are some ways to sprout your own lettuce: https://www.wikihow.com/Grow-Lettuce-Indoors and https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/recipes/how-to-regrow-lettuce-from-a-store-bought-head/ar-BB14pMIW.
Finally, we had no idea that pets have a large carbon paw print! Darya’s Daily is currently raising the world’s best puppy.
We just learned that dogs eat a lot of highly processed meat, so their carbon pawprint includes the fact that they eat a lot of meat, it is processed, transported, and packaged. One way to decrease that footprint is to make your own pet food and bypass the transportation and packaging altogether. Heresome more information on why you should make your own pet food: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2017/08/02/whats-your-dogs-carbon-pawprint/#6591442613a6 and here is some information on how to make your own pet food: https://pets.webmd.com/dogs/guide/homemade-dog-food#1. Here is another article about the issue: https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/4/16094674/cats-dogs-meat-diet-greenhouse-gases-climate-change.
We called our vet today to see if we can get guidance on the exact ingredients that should be in homemade dog food and will post that when we find it. If you know, please add it to the comments!
My name is Darya, I’ll be posting these tasks with my original drawings twice each week! Join our movement by participating, and then tag us in a post or story with @daryasdaily or by using the hashtag #daryasdaily. Together we can make a healthier world!
Thank you, Darya