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Friday, September 26, 2008
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One man's attempt to throw nothing "away" for a year... and beyond.
8.2 Things You Can Do!
- Think Before You Buy
- Get A Travel Coffee Mug And Make Money
- Stop Drinking Bottled Water
- Find A Farmers Market Near You
- Join or Start a CSA
- Dig into Worm Composting
- Switch to Non Toxic Cleaning Supplies
- Stop Using Plastic Bags
- Junk Your Junk Mail
- Cut Out Single Use Disposable Items
- Waste-Lite Holiday Tips
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All Trash And Recycling From 2008
- Trash 28.5 lbs
- Plastic Bags 4 lbs
- E-waste 12 lbs
- Paper Recycling 69.5 lbs
- Cardboard Recycling 19 lbs
- Misc Recycling 26.5 lbs
- 257 Bottles and Containers
- Magazines (To Hospital) 28 lbs
- 8 cans of paint
- 9 Pizza Boxes
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18 comments:
that was really cool :D
Hi Dave,
Your video was an excellent help to newcomers to the Zero Waste challenge. The drawstring bag and coffee reusable, my favourite, were ace.
My interest is the 4-5 year binbag. So far 20 weeks - 10 oz approx.
Daniel Burd, a young Canadian decomposed plastic bag material 40+% over 3 months using 2 anaerobic bacteria. Have you followed his story?
John.
Hey John,
Glad you liked it. Do you have a blog about your quest?
I did a piece on the kid who came up with the plastic eating bacteria. Very cool stuff. My concern though is that people will then think that this makes using all this plastic ok.
Consume Less, Conserve More!!!!
Dave
Great video!
gosh! absolutly astonishing! Love the video, gonna snoop around your blog now, and put your link uppon mines (even if it's a french blog I have!)
( http://jemerecycle.over-blog.com )
I love your suggestions. One thing that might still make some people resistant to implementing your ideas is the thought that if they are in need of the plate or bowl and utensils when they are out and about, they may not have access to a place to wash things. I think it may be worth a segment on the washing part alone. You could show examples of where you have used and washed the said items. And also, you could talk about using eco-friendly soaps and not washing oils and such into storm drains. And maybe even talking about the possibility of bringing home dirty dishes if necessary. Just a thought. Keep on keepin' on!
Hi Dave,
Enjoyed the latest for single-use avoidance. You should start a business.
Main contacts are Mrs Average and Mrs Green. My old-fashioned effort is Homecompostingrecyclingforum.com.
There are a number of Zero Waste Weeks in England up-coming with Councils/Zero Waste enthusiasts alliances. This could be a major trend here.
Is there anything comparable in the US?
As for sustainability, I started a campaign to attack wasteful practices, 1 Jar 1 Lid. It simply means using 1 and only 1 lid, for each glass jar product (eg coffee) and leaving new purchased lids (unused) at customer services for return to producer.
Hi Dave!
I've done a somewhat similar experiment 2 years ago, whereas I was keeping all recyclables in my basement in order to 1) visually take hold of everything I consume in 365 days and 2) gather industrial nutriments to feed an ecodesign project. I formed a consortium of 12 designers and we studied the possibilities and misgivings of designing with "trash" for 6 months. We then presented our findings at the Lyon "Colloque sur le packaging responsable" (in English: Forum on responsible packaging) and there was even a television episode and several newspaper articles on us (here in Montreal).
So here's to you, Dave, for going the extra mile and actually documenting everything!
Cheers,
*L*
Hi again Dave,
Further to Daniel's process, my idea is to make a Bokashi type system which will allow decomposition of my 5 year binbag waste. Zero landfill would then be achieved. With incineration in the UK a distinct possibility, Zero Waste is the best countermeasure.
Not a bad idea. I may incorporate that down the line!
Consume Less, Conserve More!!!!
Dave
Hi Dave,
I read the article about you in TIME magazine and did a project for science on you and how if everyone conserved like this there would be much less trash.
I think that this is something most people could do by just buying a non-disposable coffee cup.
Matt
Age 13
Cool Matt,
Thanks for stopping in. What kind of project did you do, a report? Any good tips for us?
dave
I work in an office which generously buys us lunch every day. However, the waste from the takeout orders is overwhelming. We save all plastic bags, silverware and condiments and donate them to a soup kitchen, along with recycling everything we can. However, it is still creating a lot of garbage. We have contacted the company we order through and they have added a "no condiments check box to the orders," but it doesn't seem to help. Our company will definitely continue to participate in the orders, but we need some ideas about reducing the waste. Anyone?
Ashley,
Why not ask your company to let them know if they don't stop sending the things you don't want, that they will start to order elsewhere. Have them explain why and have them tell the restaurant that they want to work with them but need their cooperation.
I've had a lot of success with this kind of thing. Make sure it's not given as a threat but a condition that you can't work around. Generally they'll listen.
Dave
Hey Dave,
Have you considered family cloth. I currently cloth diaper, and I've been researching family cloth for a while. I just placed my order for the wipes and I can't wait to use them. What are your thoughts?
Haven't heard of them but I'll look. We were fuzzybuns people but have been out of diapers for two years.
dave
Thanks so much! I am in the beginning phase of my own journey, and glad I found your blog. Great resources. Even better inspiration!
http://joeshoe.typepad.com
I really admire your commitment Dave! You've inspired me to be more dedicated and to try harder at wasting less. I'm more aware of the need to do my bit for the environment and have started to practice things like cooking from scratch (to save money and our environment as well eat a healthier diet), wasting less, making my own coffee instead of buying it, etc. I also started a new blog to share my progress:
www.makingthegoodlife.blogspot.com
Thanks for your caring and sharing with us!
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