The Importance Of Zero-Waste In College Students

I think it is hard as a college student to become zero-waste in our dorms, especially when it comes to food and drink packaging. I do think it is still important to focus on zero-waste when it comes to snacking and eating because it will help students be more mindful when they are buying items in the grocery store and on campus. I think focusing on buying in bulk, using reusable water bottles, and saying no to overly packaged materials is important. The chapters in the book Zero Waste Home, that talk about wardrobe and the bathroom and really helpful because I never realized how much waste I was producing with just my bathroom products. All of the cosmetics, lotions, shampoos, conditioners, toothpastes, deodorants, facewashes, body washes, etc. produced far more waste than I realized not only with packaging, but also with the chemicals they contain. I never really thought about my wardrobe in relation to zero-waste, but I think it is important for people to know how much energy and materials goes into making clothing products. Constantly buying new clothes is wasteful and most of the time unnecessary, but a lot of students ignore that. Overall, I think the zero-waste practices that we talked about in class are all important to focus on for next semester.

I think that you should definitely teach a section on this next semester …show more content…
I usually keep to myself in my classes and do not raise my hand a lot. I am also not a morning person so I think it would have been beneficial for me to go to bed a little earlier or wake up a little earlier so that I was more awake during class. I think I could have also paid a little more attention to my annotated bibliography before I submitted it to avoid my mistakes. I cannot think of anything specific that you could do to better my educational experience. I really enjoyed having you as a professor and I learned a lot beyond just the course