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Week 21: Can You Catch A Cold Without Catching Some Trash, Too?

After the first couple months of this experiment, I naively thought that my new trash-free diet, which has forced me to pretty much eliminate packaged and processed foods from my meals, would somehow...

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Week 26: Halfway There

The big news for this post is that it has officially been six months since I started my trash-free lifestyle experiment.  I was hoping to come up with something meaningful and deep to say about what I...

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Week 30: Reuse To Reduce

I have realized over the last seven months that eliminating one’s trash has a lot to do with being able to creatively reuse materials. Of course, even in our American “throw-away” culture, certain...

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Trash-Free Traveling

I recently returned from a three-week vacation and my first experience in trash-free traveling.  Although it was frustrating at times along the way, my pre-planning and touring fairly “green” places...

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Week 41: Recycling Revelation

About 40 weeks ago I stepped into my local grocery store to see what I could buy after committing to a year of being trash-free.  When I looked around, my heart sank.  Other than the liberated produce...

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Trash-Free Holidays: Part One

Halloween Although Halloween isn’t really a holiday, it always feels like it is the kick-off to the holiday season, so I am including it in this post. I made a couple of trash-free breakthroughs this...

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Trash-Free Holidays: Part Two

Christmas Americans are 25% more wasteful during the time period between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  As a result, 1 million extra tons of trash is produced per week.  I found that if you are mindful...

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Week 51: Trashy Loose Ends – Cheese Wax, Dryer Lint, and Toothpaste Tubes

Since my trash-free year is coming to a close, I spent last week tying up some trashy loose ends. Cheese Wheel Wax Candles Answering my call for trash-free cheese, this past March my sister sent me a...

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Week 52: Trash-Free Totals and a New Year’s Toast

Today is the last day of my trash-free year experiment.  Here are some final totals… Compost A year's worth of completed compost In one year, as a result of throwing all my food waste (including...

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Trash-Free Next Steps: Container Gardening

Although my official trash-free year has come and gone, I decided to continue to share trash-free related information on this blog.  This post is about my first steps with container gardening using...

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