Comments on: A Single Bag of Trash http://smallnotebook.org/2009/05/15/a-single-bag-of-trash/ Simplify your home. Tue, 22 May 2012 00:30:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Resources: Recycling « TodaysMama http://smallnotebook.org/2009/05/15/a-single-bag-of-trash/#comment-14744 Resources: Recycling « TodaysMama Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:01:59 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1256#comment-14744 [...] A Single Bag of Trash via Small Notebook. [...] [...] A Single Bag of Trash via Small Notebook. [...]

]]> By: Denise C. http://smallnotebook.org/2009/05/15/a-single-bag-of-trash/#comment-11369 Denise C. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:44:14 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1256#comment-11369 I actually just found this article on the internet. I find it very hard to believe that they did not have more trash. Used tissues? Old light bulbs? Something that may have broken. Hmmmmmm..... I actually just found this article on the internet. I find it very hard to believe that they did not have more trash. Used tissues? Old light bulbs? Something that may have broken. Hmmmmmm…..

]]> By: Kat http://smallnotebook.org/2009/05/15/a-single-bag-of-trash/#comment-8277 Kat Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:00:01 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1256#comment-8277 I'm an American, and I have NEVER made this much trash a week in my life! We are in the process of moving out of our old house while friends of ours are moving into it to rent from us, and so we had 7 people for a while - and even then, we filled ONE bag in ONE trashcan, and the bag itself was only thrown out when it needed it. And we always filled our recycle bin as well! I can't imagine having 3 bags full of trash every week! Then again, maybe they aren't the pack rats my family is, and they throw out their old 'stuff'? I’m an American, and I have NEVER made this much trash a week in my life! We are in the process of moving out of our old house while friends of ours are moving into it to rent from us, and so we had 7 people for a while – and even then, we filled ONE bag in ONE trashcan, and the bag itself was only thrown out when it needed it. And we always filled our recycle bin as well! I can’t imagine having 3 bags full of trash every week! Then again, maybe they aren’t the pack rats my family is, and they throw out their old ‘stuff’?

]]> By: marci http://smallnotebook.org/2009/05/15/a-single-bag-of-trash/#comment-7030 marci Sun, 31 May 2009 14:32:31 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1256#comment-7030 Liz - decompostable cat litter...Try wood pellets - the pellets used for a wood pellet stove. Use them, then pour them in your garden or around a tree/hedge. They completely disintegrate. Our local "United Paws" animal shelter uses these for their cat litter boxes and encourages their cat adopters to do the same. Liz – decompostable cat litter…Try wood pellets – the pellets used for a wood pellet stove. Use them, then pour them in your garden or around a tree/hedge. They completely disintegrate. Our local “United Paws” animal shelter uses these for their cat litter boxes and encourages their cat adopters to do the same.

]]> By: Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship http://smallnotebook.org/2009/05/15/a-single-bag-of-trash/#comment-7028 Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship Sat, 30 May 2009 15:51:15 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1256#comment-7028 Wow, I've bookmarked this to include a link when I discuss reducing waste on my blog. Thank you so much for the link love in your "Good Reads" section. I'm honored!! <abbr><em><em>Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/05/29/mary-and-martha-moment-called-to-be-good-stewards-of-the-earth/" rel="nofollow">Mary and Martha Moment: Called to be Good Stewards of the Earth</a></em></abbr></em> Wow, I’ve bookmarked this to include a link when I discuss reducing waste on my blog. Thank you so much for the link love in your “Good Reads” section. I’m honored!!

Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship´s last blog post..Mary and Martha Moment: Called to be Good Stewards of the Earth

]]> By: Jules @ Lovely Las Vegas http://smallnotebook.org/2009/05/15/a-single-bag-of-trash/#comment-7025 Jules @ Lovely Las Vegas Sat, 30 May 2009 13:36:18 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1256#comment-7025 We usually have two grocery-bag sized garbage bags for rubbish each week (one for each of the pick-up days)... would be great if we could reduce that even more... always trying, but I believe it would take us a bit of time and more effort to be as successful just like this inspiring New Zealand couple (one bag in 1 year? they are rockstairs!) ... I like the packaging reduction idea, too! I try to buy as a little as possible, but always our recycling bins are overflowing (milk jugs, glass bottles, etc.) and so, I think that is another area my family needs to work on. Recycling is a great thing, but it is a process that takes energy and usually involves products that were only briefly used (i.e. milk jugs, conditioner bottles, glass jars)... so it would be ever better to reuse or repurpose those containers, or reduce initial consumption, to lessen the amount of products that need to go into the recycling process. <abbr><em><em>Jules @ Lovely Las Vegas´s last blog post..<a href="http://lovelylasvegas.blogspot.com/2009/05/las-vegas-my-favourite-places-for.html" rel="nofollow">Las Vegas: My Favourite Places for Japanese Food</a></em></abbr></em> We usually have two grocery-bag sized garbage bags for rubbish each week (one for each of the pick-up days)… would be great if we could reduce that even more… always trying, but I believe it would take us a bit of time and more effort to be as successful just like this inspiring New Zealand couple (one bag in 1 year? they are rockstairs!)

… I like the packaging reduction idea, too! I try to buy as a little as possible, but always our recycling bins are overflowing (milk jugs, glass bottles, etc.) and so, I think that is another area my family needs to work on. Recycling is a great thing, but it is a process that takes energy and usually involves products that were only briefly used (i.e. milk jugs, conditioner bottles, glass jars)… so it would be ever better to reuse or repurpose those containers, or reduce initial consumption, to lessen the amount of products that need to go into the recycling process.

Jules @ Lovely Las Vegas´s last blog post..Las Vegas: My Favourite Places for Japanese Food

]]> By: Stephanie http://smallnotebook.org/2009/05/15/a-single-bag-of-trash/#comment-7023 Stephanie Sat, 30 May 2009 07:26:51 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1256#comment-7023 Good for them! That's AWESOME! With two kids (ages 2 1/2 years old and 2 1/2 months old), I don't think we could limit our garbage to one trash bag for the whole year. BUT I'm sure we could do better than we are doing now. Much better. Thank you for the inspiration. <abbr><em><em>Stephanie´s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/metropolitanmama/~3/Z0fLjaI3dT0/" rel="nofollow">THEMED WEEKEND: Father’s Day Gift Guide 2009</a></em></abbr></em> Good for them! That’s AWESOME! With two kids (ages 2 1/2 years old and 2 1/2 months old), I don’t think we could limit our garbage to one trash bag for the whole year.

BUT I’m sure we could do better than we are doing now. Much better. Thank you for the inspiration.

Stephanie´s last blog post..THEMED WEEKEND: Father’s Day Gift Guide 2009

]]> By: Cher http://smallnotebook.org/2009/05/15/a-single-bag-of-trash/#comment-6932 Cher Fri, 22 May 2009 20:44:16 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1256#comment-6932 We are trying something similar and making progress in our stewardship. Thanks for this wonderful post and inspiration!! We are trying something similar and making progress in our stewardship. Thanks for this wonderful post and inspiration!!

]]> By: TulipGirl http://smallnotebook.org/2009/05/15/a-single-bag-of-trash/#comment-6846 TulipGirl Tue, 19 May 2009 01:43:13 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1256#comment-6846 "“Why did we prefer guilt to radical behaviour changes?”" What a challenging question, for so many areas of life! Ack! I'm not so sure I want to ask it. . . <abbr><em><em>TulipGirl´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.tulipgirl.com/index.php/2009/05/meeting-marco-rubio/" rel="nofollow">Meeting Marco Rubio</a></em></abbr></em> ““Why did we prefer guilt to radical behaviour changes?””

What a challenging question, for so many areas of life! Ack! I’m not so sure I want to ask it. . .

TulipGirl´s last blog post..Meeting Marco Rubio

]]> By: Rochelle http://smallnotebook.org/2009/05/15/a-single-bag-of-trash/#comment-6816 Rochelle Sun, 17 May 2009 15:34:11 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1256#comment-6816 Trash must be this weekends topic! Friday I was off work and took my son over to his friends house and somehow we got on the subject of trash. I was so shocked at how little my friends knew about the local recycling program. I try to reduce the trash we have in our household but can't compare to these people. <abbr><em><em>Rochelle´s last blog post..<a href="http://myexperimentallife.blogspot.com/2009/05/baseball-softball-fest-2009.html" rel="nofollow">Baseball /Softball Fest 2009</a></em></abbr></em> Trash must be this weekends topic! Friday I was off work and took my son over to his friends house and somehow we got on the subject of trash. I was so shocked at how little my friends knew about the local recycling program. I try to reduce the trash we have in our household but can’t compare to these people.

Rochelle´s last blog post..Baseball /Softball Fest 2009

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