St. Lucie Will Vaporize Trash
St. Lucie County, just about 2.5 hours north of Miami-Dade, has plans in place to vapor their trash. Not incinerate. Vaporize. From the article: The $425 million facility expected to be built in St. Lucie County will use lightning-like plasma arcs to turn trash into gas and rock-like material. It will be the first such plant in the nation operating on such a massive scale and the largest in the...
Read MoreWeek 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...
Read MoreWeek of Trash, Day 4 Results
(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 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...
Read MoreIt’s Here! Week of Trash, Day 1, AM
Alright people, here we go! This morning the Week of Trash has officially begun in the GreenerMiami household. Our five waste receptacles (aka: trash cans) have been emptied and are awaiting the first piece of garbage. The locations of the bins, in the order pictured, are: Kitchen, Master Bath, Master Bedroom, Guest Bath, Guest Bedroom. We are a household of two adults, one of which is full-time...
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