Comments on: How much garbage do you make per day? https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/05/garbage-day/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:25:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: carrie https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/05/garbage-day/#comment-21352 Thu, 03 May 2012 16:07:58 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2304#comment-21352 She probably uses cloth or a reusable divacup or keeper. I went cloth years ago and the comfort factor is huge, green talk aside…cloth is soft, doesn’t bunch and pinch, and smells nicer.

]]> By: Laura https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/05/garbage-day/#comment-21351 Thu, 03 May 2012 13:40:45 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2304#comment-21351 In reply to Kelly Damian.

@Kelly- Humes’ book profiles a family like that. Maybe it’s the same family. Who knows? I found myself very, very curious about what the mother did with feminine products. Humes doesn’t delve into that. Perhaps they can be composted.

]]> By: Kelly Damian https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/05/garbage-day/#comment-21350 Thu, 03 May 2012 13:34:44 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2304#comment-21350 Did anybody see the Sunset magazine article about the family in the Bay Area that produces no trash? It was very interesting. I think the cleanliness of our country encourages us to create more trash. Perhaps if it were not carted away so efficiently and I were forced to live among the stinking piles of my waste, I might make more of an effort to cut down. As it is, I try to be conscious of what we can re-use. Also, I’m a freezer fan. I freeze leftover pasta sauce, soup, stew, etc. This is also super convenient for those nights when we’ve got nothing planned for dinner.

]]> By: Cloud https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/05/garbage-day/#comment-21349 Thu, 03 May 2012 05:40:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2304#comment-21349 I’m afraid to even guess. We have a kid in diapers, so even though we don’t change that often… that adds up. And the food wastage! Oh, it breaks my heart. We do compost, so that helps. At one point, we even used some gDiapers- you can compost the wet ones- but our laziness trumped out green streak on that one. (I liked them, actually, but never got in a good groove with them. I feel bad about that.)

We do our best to cut down, but I’m sure we hit 7 lbs per day.

]]> By: Calee https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/05/garbage-day/#comment-21348 Thu, 03 May 2012 02:36:49 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2304#comment-21348 I remember reading about a couple in Australia or New Zealand that consciously tried to produce no garbage. They kept it to one bag (of non-recyclables) for a year.
For me, we probably hit the 7 pounds for each adult and diaper wearing person in our household. I’d love to compost, but I love living in a townhouse with virtually no yard more. My parents and in-laws both have small ranches so they compost and cut down on trash that way, but have other ways of generating waste so it all evens out.

]]> By: Twin Mom https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/05/garbage-day/#comment-21347 Wed, 02 May 2012 21:14:17 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2304#comment-21347 I requested removal from credit card and other mailing lists, which cut down the junk mail quite a bit.

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