It's the last day for the trash diary..... Yeah!
I just notice that I got my trash can full in one week. That's not a short time, I think... So pretty much That means I don't have so much trash!! I feel really good about myself about my trash.
If I do some analysis:
70% of my trash comes from food: friut pores, snack bags, the meals I can't finish and the plastic bags I used to take food. Many of these can't be changed; they are trash, but they are not waste.
20% of my trash are paper I used: Text I printed out, homework paper I don't need, article I have read, and notes. Some of them I don't need to get a paper copy at all; however, I feel more comfortable to read in paper. Now I'm trying to use my IPAD as much as possible, and that can help me save a lot of paper.
10% are some additional trash from everywhere, and I can't classify them. But I'm pretty sure I'm not wasting....
OH,let's talk about something special.
Plasitic bags!!!!
I don't need to mention how damage plastic bags can do for the environment, because almost everyone knows that. However, the overuse of plastic bags increases rapidly. Last time I went to Walmart, the people who helped me check out give me too many extra bags. Do I need to separate the Yogort and cheesecake? They just gave me two bags for these! The first picture shows how many plastic bags I saved because I don't like to throw them away.... I wanted to use them as trash bags, but I think I have too many now....
That really need to change. Hope someone can solve this problem.
A good way to help reduce your plastic bag problem would be to simply use re-usable cloth bags. Walmart sells them - they have the Walmart logo so the workers would recognize the bags and let you use them. They are super cheap too - maybe $1-2?
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