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Seriously all my trash at this point is food related... Between food packaging, food serving, and inedible portions of the food itself... I also experienced my first accidental piece of food waste as can be seen with the french fry crime scene. I dropped him and then couldn't (or I guess shouldn't?) have eaten him. As far as my obligatory trash is concerned the cafeteria wasn't using real plates today... So I didn't opt for paper but rather is was my only option. I highly doubt they would have just handed me my veggie burger and let my pockets get filled with fries. I find myself attempting to justify my waste a lot though. Did I really need that Ramen? But it wasn't the kind in a Styrofoam cup, Did you need the chip bag? It was sun chips, their bad are biodegradable! But the bottom line is that what is important is to reduce, reuse, and recycle. And in that order. We need to stop being so proud of how we manage the waste we create but rather try to change the waste we produce and the quantities.
I keep finding myself asking what I can do about this. However aside from my own personal material asceticism I realize that it is not enough. The issue is not so much what I can do, but rather what we can do. I wonder what it is that can be changed on a school and community level to make a large impact. The two things that come to mind is having a way to reduce the paper towels used. I wonder how it would be possible to transition to the "towel" dispensers that work on a rotating cycle of fabric rolls that can be washed and reused. However also I want to take on the cafeteria. The majority of my waste is food related and that's as someone who makes an active effort to reduce the amount of waste they use. I try not to use plastic or Styrofoam disposable dishes and plastic water bottle are the devil... However everyone likes convenience and the ability to use these are products in an addiction. The cafeteria is an enabler.
Update this is a cloth hand drier thing:
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