Day 4: Trash Diary 

Today I was excepting to have almost no trash but that was not the case. I wasted more than I typically do. In science class, we were doing math problems. When I was finished with the papers, I recycled it but that's still waste. In Nail Art Club, I used three Q Tips, a cotton swab and two sponge things. These had to be thrown away. For lunch, I had some chips which resulted in a plastic bag as waste. For breakfast, I had cereal and used but all the milk so I was left with an empty milk carton. My mom recycled it before I could get a picture but so I took a picture of the milk carton that was in the fridge. I took a water bottle to school today so i had no need for a plastic water bottle. I'm really interested in how much water it takes to run a washing machine. The laundry room is right next to my room, so I hear it whenever the wash is being done. On average, washing machines use 40 gallons per wash. The fancy green washing machines use around 15-20 gallons per wash. If people did their laundry once a week, this would probably save lots of water. 

  

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