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Taking Responsibility
Aug. 17th, 2010 08:05 pmThinking about ways to cut back on trash and stuff...
Fitzw and I pretty much fail on the driving part because of going down to the valley, we do pretty well on the other things. We're fixing up his dad's old car to use some of the time -- it gets better mileage than the minivan so we can cut down a little on fossil fuel usage. Getting back to smarter usage of daylight will help too, and I'm thinking about quilted hangings and stuff like that again.
Our trash output has been at less than 10% of the average American's for years now -- but I still want to improve on that. I'm working on a few ideas, here and there.... like trying to make tea for the drives so I'm not buying tea at DDs -- at least I usually have my travel mug with me but... my tea doesn't come in a package and theirs does... and if I forget the mug then there's that frickin' styrofoam cup with the plastic lid. And I really do need the tea so...
Meals on the road are a big thing too -- still working on that one. When we have time, I prefer stopping at restaurant for dinner because that's the easiest way to avoid generating packaging waste, but of course that's expensive, and to a certain degree we're still promoting waste because we don't have control over whatever the restaurant's food is packaged in. *sigh* Fastfood-wise, the sushi at Big Y is tolerable and better than most of the cr*p out there, but it comes in plastic... I'm working on figuring out a way to re-use them at least but...
Fitzw and I pretty much fail on the driving part because of going down to the valley, we do pretty well on the other things. We're fixing up his dad's old car to use some of the time -- it gets better mileage than the minivan so we can cut down a little on fossil fuel usage. Getting back to smarter usage of daylight will help too, and I'm thinking about quilted hangings and stuff like that again.
Our trash output has been at less than 10% of the average American's for years now -- but I still want to improve on that. I'm working on a few ideas, here and there.... like trying to make tea for the drives so I'm not buying tea at DDs -- at least I usually have my travel mug with me but... my tea doesn't come in a package and theirs does... and if I forget the mug then there's that frickin' styrofoam cup with the plastic lid. And I really do need the tea so...
Meals on the road are a big thing too -- still working on that one. When we have time, I prefer stopping at restaurant for dinner because that's the easiest way to avoid generating packaging waste, but of course that's expensive, and to a certain degree we're still promoting waste because we don't have control over whatever the restaurant's food is packaged in. *sigh* Fastfood-wise, the sushi at Big Y is tolerable and better than most of the cr*p out there, but it comes in plastic... I'm working on figuring out a way to re-use them at least but...
