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?

Rules of the Game

HOW TO WIN: 
  • Live one week of regular life in Los Angeles, California without creating any waste.   

RULES OF THE GAME:
  • Regular Life is defined as a 5 standard work days plus 2 weekend days including all travel, food and entertainment needs as usual.
  • Waste is defined as any kind of material that is acquired and will eventually require disposal of some kind. 
    i.e. Recycling, Trash, Single Person Auto Use
    • not considered waste are food items that would be immediately recognizable as compost worthy and toilet paper.
    i.e. citrus peels, coffee grounds, moldy left overs
    • this is exclusive to me and does not include other members of my house, office, or other shared environment except my cat who is my personal zero waste hero and master.
    She's so frugal, not even wasting any energy!
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