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...
View ArticleWeek 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...
View ArticleWeek 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...
View ArticleTrash-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...
View ArticleWeek 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...
View ArticleTrash-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...
View ArticleTrash-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...
View ArticleWeek 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...
View ArticleWeek 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...
View ArticleTrash-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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