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I’ve been reading zero-waste blogs like Fake Plastic Fish recently. It’s a strange kind of lifestyle porn, like Martha Stewart for the green set. Now I read that for the town of Gloucestershire in England, this is Zero Waste Week.
I thought, Could I do that?
I thought, Would anyone else do it with me?
I thought, Well, I’ll tell the blog and see what happens.
Zero Waste Week runs from today, January 26th, through next Sunday, February 1st. Without having planned ahead, I’m at a bit of a handicap. But hey, what the hell, right?
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OK, but what do we do with the cat poop?
Comment by Katharine —
January 26, 2009 @ 7:12 pm
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I LOVE it…we already recycle, reuse and compost. The majority of our garbage is plastic stuff like meat (!!) wrappers and trays. Guess I’ll have to think about how to avoid those.
And cat poop (in our case, dog poop) gets rained into the yard usually. Or it goes over the fence into the really big empty yard next door. Lucky for us!
Comment by Judy —
January 26, 2009 @ 7:47 pm
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Personally, I dump all the cat box leavings in an abandoned outhouse. I don’t know what y’all city folk will do!
I remember the days when clumping cat litter was flushable. Do they even still sell that anymore?
Comment by Erika —
January 26, 2009 @ 9:22 pm
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Although I am pretty sure I cannot achieve zero waste, that doesn’t mean I cannot reduce the amount of waste this household produces. I think I will declare February to be my reduce-reuse-recycle month. We already recycle glass, cans, plastics, newspapers, magazines, and office paper and compost during the summer months. Let’s see what improvements on that I can achieve.
Comment by kmkat —
January 26, 2009 @ 10:18 pm
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I love the zero-waste ideal. I was really skeptical about it until I was in Belgium and the house that we stayed in was strict about recycling and composting and was very close to zero waste – and that was with a bunch of strangers staying there! I was astounded by the amount of stuff that was actually recyclable – lots of things I thought would have gone in the trash. It really motivated me to send fewer items to the landfill.
Comment by lala —
January 27, 2009 @ 12:00 am
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What makes me very sad about where I live in a rural area, is that there is no recycling. I have garden so I can compost, I take all my aluminum cans to my Vet(to raise money for her parrot charity), but the only other thing I can do is to try not to buy packaging in the first place! When I moved here (Texas) I was astounded that was no deposit on pop, beer and water bottles. What’s up with that?
I like the idea about the outhouse Erika, but I only have an antiquated septic system
Comment by Katharine —
January 27, 2009 @ 9:34 am
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I thought clumpable flushable cat litter resulted in infections in dolphins and other marine mammals. Toxoplasmosis?
We’ve been using the smallest size trash container for years. Micro can – 12 gallons. Thinking before spending and minimizing packaging helps a lot as does recycling and yard waste that accepts food scraps).
Comment by Dorothy —
January 27, 2009 @ 10:46 am
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I’m eating out of a plastic container because I forgot to pack a lunch! Maybe after this? Good idea though.
Comment by Carrie K —
January 27, 2009 @ 1:14 pm
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I love the idea of dog poop over the fence, but the neighbors dont. LLOOOOLLL
Comment by Debi —
January 27, 2009 @ 6:28 pm
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Going to a real butcher might cut down on plastic waste, it seems like they still wrap stuff in waxed paper, but you’d still have to throw the paper away as it’s been contaminated with raw meat juices, unless you can compost it, I suppose.
One problem with recycling in the U.S. is that it’s very limited. (It wouldn’t surprise me if European countries are much better.) In most U.S. municipalities, you can only recycle plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and paper and cardboard. I know Seattle won’t take aluminum foil, styrofoam, or any plastic other than #1 and #2 bottles.
Comment by Another Erika —
January 27, 2009 @ 7:34 pm
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I love it. I try to make every day a no waste day, but could use any tips people have to improve. Marilyn
Comment by Marilyn Arthur —
January 27, 2009 @ 9:18 pm
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Poop over the fence hahahahahaha!!! We’ve actually done this… she’s really nuts next door though and it tempts contact… but she does have twice as big a yard and half of it (the part that abuts our back) is woods. Right now though? It’s all out there amongst a couple feet of snow! I have complained to friends about our sucky recycling (but at least we have something) and a friend who has a good recycling system (in Asheville NC) said that Augusta, Maine must not have a buyer. Perhaps. Or perhaps the city is too busy spending tax dollars buying suv’s for the city manager and superintendant. Oh, and the city manager’s gym… Huh??? We’re a capital city, but of only about 19K people. Sigh…
Comment by lisa —
January 28, 2009 @ 4:04 pm
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