Eco Quest of the Week: Play, Learn and Win a $25 Mimro Gift Card

Eco Quest is Mimro's weekly sustainability challenge: one question a week about eco-friendly living or a smarter product swap, answered right here in the comments. Small, fun choices add up — and every week ten players win a $25 Mimro digital gift card for getting it right.

This post is the home of Eco Quest. Bookmark it: each week's question is posted here, and the full rules live on the Eco Quest by Mimro page.

How to play

1. Read. Each week's question is inspired by a topic covered on the Mimro blog. Most answers are one guide away.
2. Answer. Post your answer in the comments below, with an email address we can reach you at. One entry per person per week.
3. Win. At the end of the week, ten winners are drawn at random from the correct entries and receive a $25 Mimro digital gift card by email.

Where the answers hide

Questions draw on the practical guides in the blog. These six cover most of what we ask about:

• Kitchen habits that cut waste and save money
• Making bathroom hygiene both eco-friendly and comfortable
• Sustainable self-care: the beauty of going zero waste
• The art of clean living: transforming your space the sustainable way
• The eco home starter guide
• How to maximize your impact: small changes, big results

Five warm-up quests

Not sure where to start? These are the kinds of small choices Eco Quest is about. Try one this week and tell us how it went in the comments.

1. The one-week paper towel count. Keep a tally of how many paper towels your household uses in seven days. Then look at what a two-pack of washable towels from Papaya or Cheeks Ahoy would replace.
2. Empty-bottle audit. Line up every plastic bottle in your shower. For each one, is there a bar or tablet version? Shampoo and conditioner bars, toothpaste tablets and shave bars are the usual first three swaps.
3. The refill, not the bottle. Next time a cleaning spray runs out, keep the bottle and refill it — tablet refills dissolve in tap water so you're not shipping a bottle of water across the country.
4. Laundry without the jug. Swap one load to a detergent strip and note the difference in what's left in the recycling bin.
5. Lunch that comes home. Pack one lunch this week in a container you'll wash instead of throw away. Stainless steel sets and beeswax wraps both count.

The rules, in short

• Ten winners are selected each week, at random, from correct entries.
• Each winner receives a $25 Mimro digital gift card, sent to the email you entered with.
• Gift cards are valid only on Mimro, expire December 31, 2026, are transferable and can't be exchanged for cash.
• Multiple Eco Quest gift cards can be used in a single order; any balance under $25 stays on the card until it expires.
• Each participant can win a maximum of four times.

Full details are on the Eco Quest by Mimro page. Ready? Scroll down, find this week's question in the comments, and post your answer.