DOING HER PART
BY JEANA DURST
Did you know that the
average American uses 500
of the 300 million tons
of plastic produced every
year, almost half of that is
single-use? Mary Liz Ingram,
a mother of three, artist, and
preschool director, is doing
her part to make a dent in
single-use plastics, one choice
at a time. And her mission
has evolved from her family’s
quest to a movement that’s
gaining traction.
year ago during the Lenten season as Ingram
eco-projects since she was a young girl, she
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world today and decided to take
one step. “I counted everything
that was plastic in my house
and was super shocked when I
got to 600 hundred items—and
I hadn’t even counted plastic
wager that many of us can
relate. Busy parents on the go
issue, they may not know where
to start. The Clean Up project
is the story of what can happen
when someone just “goes for it.”
As Ingram puts it, “I just did
products that come in plastic containers and
store, not just the grocery store. She trained
her family never to leave the house without
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