I am experimenting to see how little garbage leaves my house. I photographed my empty garbage bin (140L, this is standard size for households in South Australia) in February, and I have not put my garbage out since then. It is now about two thirds full, in September, eight months later.
How do I do this?
I minimize greatly (obsessively?) buying anything new, and anything with packaging, especially food. Buy mostly fresh loose produce, all leftovers go to worms. Any plastic, paper, glass, metal, etc that does enter the house, goes into recycling piles, for future composting, mulching, kid’s craft projects, storage containers, etc. I don’t put my “recyclables” out for kerbside recycling either, because I don’t have confidence that they will be recycled, and commercial recycling is generally DOWNcycling - and I feel that I should take responsibility for what I consume, and how its usefulness gets extended!
I love knowing that I probably won’t even contribute a binload of garbage to landfill by the end of the year!
This post was submitted by Sophia MacRae.
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