2009 is the year I am going to quantify the amount of rubbish our household generates so I am going to weigh it each week before putting in the bin.
Out household consists of 2 adults.
Week 1 - 367 grams
This was made up of:
a plastic bowl (about 35 years old) which has finally got a crack in it and is no longer functional
scraps of fat that I trim off the bacon and store in the freezer (for the last 12 months)
expired debit card (chopped up)
6 cotton buds (from cleaning the computer keyboard)
plastic wrapper from a block of cheese
seal from a purchased tub of dip (Christmas fare)
plastic label from a mini bottle of body lotion (bottle kept for travel cosmetics)
foil sheet from tablets
plastic bag (with holes) from fruit and veg purchase (apples)
All contained in the bag in which we receive a subscription magazine and sealed with a recycled rubber band.
The majority of the weight is the meat scraps and bowl which are one-off items.
This has really made me stop and think before I put every item in the rubbish. It will be interesting to see how the pattern evolves over several weeks.
2 comments:
Anonymous said...
An interesting experiment. it's only 2 adults here as well & I only commented to DH that our recyle bin is almost full every week while our garbage bin only has 2 bags of rubbish each week. I'm amazed that 2 adults are producing so much. Rather than weigh I've made my goal to try & buy products with less or no packaging when possible.
Also just love the photo of you on the swing & the dog.
Possum.
Anonymous said...
Possum
That is a great idea to try to reduce the packaging. It is amazing what you can reduce or eliminate once you really start thinking about it.
It is actually our younger daughter on the swing. The dog loves it and tries to bite your feet.