Impossible challenge - Surbhi Thakur

An entire day without plastic! Is it possible??

NO.

I completely crashed and burned during my attempt to have an entire day without any plastic at all. I also made the foolish choice to do this during a weekday when I have go to class and run an endless amounts of errands.

I honestly do not think it is possible to live without plastic. No matter what alternative I tried to find, there was always something that was made of plastic that would pop up in my life.

Below are the three main things I used in my day. 

Let me give an overview of my day.

I woke up and the first thing I did was turn off my alarm on my phone. My phone is made of plastic. Game over. I let that one slide because I need my cellphone and computer for educational and work purposes, so restart game.

Once I got in the bathroom I noticed my toothbrush is made of plastic, so me being quick and crafty I put toothpaste on my finger and used my finger as a toothbrush. It actually worked pretty well. After getting ready I went to grab my car keys, which are made of plastic. I lose again. As you will see throughout this blog entry, me losing will be a recurring pattern.

I thought I was smart to bring a wood pencil to class instead of a mechanical pencil, until the lead broke. I was left pencil less and the teacher kept writing his notes faster and faster on the board. I had to eventually use a plastic pen to continue my notes. Surbhi 0, Plastic 3.

After class I got hungry, so I made my way over to the MUB to purchase some snacks. I bought a hamburger that was wrapped in foil and a drink that was in a glass bottle. Yay win for me! When I went to pay for my food, I pulled out my PLASTIC credit card. Surbhi 1, Plastic 4.

I was on campus that day pretty late working on some assignments and managed to get through most of it by drinking from my aluminum bottle and taking notes with a sharpened wood pencil. I thought to myself, “Wow I am kind of good at this” until I got hungry again and the MUB was closed. I ended up purchasing three plastic bags of chips and a pop bottle from the vending machine. Shame on me. Surbhi 1, Plastic 5.

It was getting late so I headed home to relax and prepare for sleep. When I reached home, my roommates had decided that we all go out to eat. Food is not an offer I can refuse, so we all headed to Taco Bell. After I purchased my food and sat down to eat it, I realized that every single food item on my tray is covered in plastic. Even my tray is plastic. I was  horribly defeated.  We like to also hoard Taco Bell sauce packets, so after consuming food completely covered in plastic I walked out with probably 20 plastic packets of sauce in my pockets. I was filled with shame and disappointment.

Surbhi 1, Plastic 50+.