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?

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Day 9: Whoo Hoo!

Been working on the office overhaul for the last 2 nights! So close!



Yes, I have a huge amount of stuff to recycle again today, the Salvation Army bag keeps getting bigger, but the trash remains minimal.

Maybe you're thinking..why are you blogging about cleaning your office when this is supposed to be about reducing waste?

Sure, I could hang onto everything, never throw anything out, until it stacks up so high that I am consumed in a Collyer Brothers-esque fire, and my waste tally would be clean. Between you and me, I have a better path to fame. (blogger)

I figure, the best thing to do is to clean house. Hopefully, once I have a nice, organized, clutter free space, it will help me be more aware of bringing new things in. That, as I am learning, is a very important lesson.
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