I have always prided myself on being a frugal and thoughtful consumer, concerned about the ecological and ethical impacts of the products I buy. I pay that extra $10 a month to support green energy, use CFLs where I can, have low flow shower heads, bricks in the toilet tanks, buy earth and animal friendly cleaning products or make my own, wear my clothes until they're dead, line dry most often, use my dish and pasta water to water landscaping, shower every other day, have no ac, rarely use my gas in wall heater, bike or take public transport almost all of the time, drink tap water, buy local and organic foods to supplement those I grow in my garden, have reusable shopping bags, a reusable coffee cup, a reusable water bottle, save lidded plastic food packaging to store left overs of future meals and compost 100% of my food scraps.

....so what's with all this waste?

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Day 2: Waste Tally

Off to a moderately good start. I got up a few minutes early to be sure I had time to make lunch. Finished off a loaf of store bought bread and used the outer bread bag to pack up my lunch.

BTW: When did bread start coming in TWO bags?

Composted an entire pound of raw cat food I forgot about in the microwave :(

I didn't get the glass bottle situation taken care of for trash day this morning, so we'll take care of that next Monday.

Tonight is the Old LA Farmer's Market right off my train stop so I picked up some tomatoes, fresh bread and a few other things. Most of it is only "natural" or "pesticide free" and not certified organic, which is disappointing, but at least it's local and supports small farmers.

Transportation:
  • walk to train to carpool with 1 person to work
  • carpool with 2 people to train to walk home
  • Train to Hollywood/Vine to meet friends for dinner at Thai Palms.

Unfortunately, Thai Elvis (pictured right) was not performing.

  • carpool (got a lift) to friend's house in Hollywood

Solid Waste:

Reuse

  • 1 plastic grocery bag

Recycle

  • inner plastic bag from bread

Compost

  • 1 tea bag
  • 1 lb raw cat food

Trash

  • small ball of plastic tape
  • average amount of TP (about 18 squares)
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