「 突然意識到雖然自己標榜是個環保人士，但我生活中其實有很多不環保的習慣，只是太習慣了以至於自己都看不到了。」
「 Suddenly I realized that even though I regard myself as an environmentalist, I have many everyday habits which are not sustainable. But I was so used to those habits that I couldn't see them anymore.」
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把我挑戰裡的趣事和掙扎寫出來以後，很多朋友給我出主意。很開心原來有那麼多人都思考和關心著自己對環境的影響，並且以自己的方式在實踐著對環境影響更小的選擇。
After writing down the funny stories and struggles in my challenge, many friends shared interesting ideas and tips with me. I am really glad that so many people are actually thinking about their environmental impact, and are practicing more sustainable alternatives in their own way.
在我的挑戰期內，因為沒有找到可回收包裝的牛奶，不想衝動消費買個豆漿機，又懶得出門去打豆漿，除了去店裡吃了一次豆漿油條，我硬是忍了差不多一個月沒有喝牛奶或者豆漿。 誰知第一次發表文章，就有朋友給我介紹有家店可以買到回收玻璃瓶的牛奶！因為太忙，上周路過去詢問了一下，今天終於去買了牛奶啦！
During my challenge I couldn't find milk without or in recyclable packaging, didn't want to buy a soyamilk machine by impulse, and was too lazy to buy soyamilk with my own container. Except for going to the store to have soyamilk and "YouTiao" once, I restrained from milk and soyamilk for almost one month. After publishing my first blog, a friend read it and introduced me to a store where I can buy milk in recycled glass bottles!
今天買的會回收玻璃瓶的牛奶. Milk in recyclable bottle.
其實他們的牛奶也不完全符合無垃圾，因為蓋子是塑料的。但是比起丟掉整個盒子或塑料瓶，垃圾已經大大減量了！去店裡買牛奶的時候店員莫名的不停給我推銷其他盒裝或塑料瓶裝的牛奶和酸奶，我告訴她「我就是為了可回收玻璃瓶才來你們家的！」也不知道她能不能理解。
Honestly speaking their milk is not completely waste free - the lid is made of plastic. But comparing with throwing away an entire box or plastic bottle, the amount of waste is greatly reduced! When I went to the store to buy milk, the sales woman kept on promoting their milk and yogurt in boxes or plastic bottles. I told her, "I came to your store specially for your recyclable glass bottles!" Not sure if she could understand.
裝在回收玻璃瓶裡的牛奶，押金2塊. Milk in recyclable glass bottles, deposit 2 RMB.
如果大家有什麼減少垃圾、更環保可持續的好主意，請讓我知道！下面回到挑戰日誌~
If you have any tips about sustainable alternatives in any aspects of life, or about reducing waste, please let me know! Okay, back to my challenge.
-Day 7-
12月2日，挑戰第七天
2 Dec, Day 7
09:00 今早是工作單位的年度早午餐，因為第一次參加，不知道會不會有我挑戰內不能吃的東西，就自己帶了麵包和茶葉。成功的避開了盒裝牛奶，酸奶，菠蘿蜜，果汁，膠囊咖啡，還用筷子吃了他們自製的酸奶，最後還是敗在了一個噴嚏上 – 忘了帶手帕，用了紙巾。
09:00 Annual brunch of our organization. Because it is my first time attending this brunch, I wasn’t sure if there would be things I couldn’t eat due to my challenge. So I brought my own bread and tea. I successfully avoided the packaged milk, yogurt, jackfruit, juice, capsule coffee, and even ate the homemade yogurt with chopsticks. Unfortunately I lost to a sneeze in the end – I forgot to bring my handkerchief today and used a tissue.
豐盛的年度早午餐 . Sumptuous annual brunch.
14:00 下午買了計劃中要入的用來打橄欖球的鞋子，欣喜的發現這家意外逛到的店賣的都是外貿尾貨，老闆說如果這些鞋子可能本來會被銷毀或者長期積壓在倉庫，所以我買了也算是讓鞋子物盡其用啦。不知是不是尾貨的原因，鞋子沒有鞋盒沒有吊牌，也拒絕了老闆給遞來的塑膠袋，直接提回了家，開心！
14:00 I bought a pair of shoes for playing rugby, which has been on my list for long. I was delighted to find out that the shop I visited by accident was selling leftovers of foreign trade goods. The boss told me that these shoes could have been destroyed or left in the warehouse for years. So I am kind of giving them a second life. Maybe because they are 'leftovers', this pair of shoes doesn’t come with shoebox and tags, and I rejected the plastic bag the boss offered me and carried them home in my hands. I was super happy!
-Day 8-
12月3日，挑戰第八天
3 Dec, Day 8
13:30 帶著回收的麵包袋去朋友推薦的新開業的麵包店買麵包和可頌。老闆娘見我不用他們的塑料包裝，告訴我其實他們本來是用紙袋裝，可是有客戶反應幹得太快才換成了塑膠袋。我很開心他們一開始就有這樣的意識，提議他們可以不用把所有的麵包糕點都提前包裝起來，客人買的時候可以自己選擇是否要包裝，或者什麼樣的包裝。不知道他們會不會採納呢。
13:00 I took a recycled bread bag to the newly opened bakery recommended by a friend to get some bread and croissants. Seeing me refusing their plastic packaging, the bakery owner told me that they used to wrap their bread in paper bags, but some customers told them that the bread got dried up too fast in paper bags so they changed to plastic bags. I was very happy that they tried to avoid plastic bags and suggested perhaps they don't need to pack all the bread and pastries in advance.They can let customers choose among plastic or paper bags, or no packaging at all when they purchase. Would they consider taking my suggestion?
自帶回收的麵包包裝來買可頌. Bought some croissants with recycled bread packaging.
14:00 和漾去常去的餐廳吃飯。本來還沾沾自喜沒有用餐廳的紙巾，最後吃完準備離開的時候才突然發現我是用塑料吸管喝的果汁。很吃驚自己在整個喝果汁的過程中都沒有發現！突然意識到雖然自己標榜很注意環保，但我生活中其實有很多習慣並非可持續，只是一直由於習慣了自己都看不到了。吸取教訓，希望下次去餐廳點飲料會記得告訴他們不要吸管！
14:00 Went out for lunch with Jan. I was quite proud that I didn't have to use the tissue paper provided by the restaurant until we realized that we used plastic straws for our drinks, when we were about to leave. I was really surprised that I almost didn't notice it! I suddenly realized that although I consider myself paying lots of attention and effort to sustainability, there are actually many unsustainable habits in my daily life, but I’m so used to them that I don’t see them anymore. Well, lessons learned, hopefully I』ll remember telling them no straws the next time!
我和漾飲品的吸管，後面是一盒今天避免了使用的紙巾. The straws of Jan’s and mydrink, with a box of tissue paper in the background, which we succeeded in not using them today
開始覺得這30天的挑戰並不像我想像的是我作為一個有著可持續理念和替代方法的人，站在道德高點不斷的對抗這個社會現有的對環境不好的習慣和規則。實際上我只是一個學徒，我還需要去摸索，這次的挑戰其實也是讓我自己重新認識自己的習慣和生活的過程。
I began to feel that this 30-day challenge is not as I had imagined that I, as a person with sustainable mindset and alternatives, being morally superior and constantly having to fight with the unsustainable habits and rules in the society. In fact I am just an apprentice, there is so much for me to learn and explore. This challenge is actually a process for me to learn about my own life and habits.
我的30天零垃圾挑戰 My 30 Days Zero Waste Challenge：
(1) 第1-4天 Day 1-4 | 挑戰規則和一開始的磨合 The rules of challenge and the easy (or hard) start
(2) 第5-6天 Day 5-6 | 偽零垃圾的坑 The Fake Zero Waste Trap