Week of Trash – Final Results
Seven days of trash. Two adults. One guest, three days. Another guest, 2 days. Trash in the freezer, trash on the balcony, trash everywhere! I saved it all up for one week, and that’s what it looks like. (First photo: how it originally "came out of the baskets". Second photo: bags combined) So, what have I learned? 1. No more fresh produce from Costco. As much as I think that...
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(March 19 Update: FINAL RESULTS) Today’s post will be a quick one, because my body is rejecting my love for blogging, and my arms & neck are killing me! Occupational hazard, right? Day 4 wasn’t so bad, but the house was basically empty. The trash shown above includes Day 3 trash as well. Yesterday’s big additions included the cardboard OJ box with spout, a glass pasta sauce...
Read MoreWeek of Trash, Day 3 Results
Not much, right? 2 aluminum Coke cans, a little bit of product packaging, the outside piece of "throwaway paper" from the Netflix envelopes, a banana peel, squash skin, and a napkin or two. We even had a guest arrive, who is staying with us. Not bad, except for the fact that we ate out last night, and I flew solo at lunch and just snacked. (We’re often 2 people for lunch, 2 for...
Read MoreWeek of Trash, Day 2 Results
Day 2 in the Week of Trash was a rather disappointing one, because I knew it would bring me embarrassment today. (Please note that waste in trash can includes Day 1 waste, all other waste is Day 2 only,) Mr. Greener took a few minutes yesterday to clean out some old magazines and papers. The ones that truly wound up getting the axed are pictured above. Others I sorted out: papers with a blank...
Read MoreBoooo! Litter Bugs
I’d like to send out a big loud "Boooo!" to all those litter bugs out there. Yesterday, as I was leaving Shenandoah Branch Library, the Ice Cream truck drove by. How cool, I didn’t know they still existed. Two teenage girls bought their Popsicles and the truck drove off. One of the girls then took the pop out of the wrapper, tossed the wrapper on the ground, and started...
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