Comments on: Zero Waste Challenge Conclusion http://earth911.com/blog/2008/04/08/zero-waste-challenge-conclusion/ Make Everyday Earth Day Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:59:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: nyree http://earth911.com/blog/2008/04/08/zero-waste-challenge-conclusion/#comment-14021 nyree Mon, 05 May 2008 21:23:50 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/04/08/zero-waste-challenge-conclusion/#comment-14021 I have just been having a look at fake plastic fish - excellent graphs to show reductions in plastic consumption - good idea! I kept a diary recording what I managed to recycle and compost but nothing as detailed as Beth's - my records were certainly much more enthusiastic in month one and got less detailed as time wore on! Thankyou for the congratulations!! I am still wallowing in the virtuous feeling of having completed the challenge! Useless consumer I totally agree - wading through all the options in terms of shopping is a nightmare. Whatever you do make sure you are reusing the tea bags twice (this may sound gross but is completely normal to me now!) So once you've made your first cuppa save the bag adn reuse. You can reuse 3 times but only if you like weak tea!! Nyree I have just been having a look at fake plastic fish - excellent graphs to show reductions in plastic consumption - good idea!

I kept a diary recording what I managed to recycle and compost but nothing as detailed as Beth’s - my records were certainly much more enthusiastic in month one and got less detailed as time wore on!

Thankyou for the congratulations!! I am still wallowing in the virtuous feeling of having completed the challenge!

Useless consumer I totally agree - wading through all the options in terms of shopping is a nightmare. Whatever you do make sure you are reusing the tea bags twice (this may sound gross but is completely normal to me now!) So once you’ve made your first cuppa save the bag adn reuse. You can reuse 3 times but only if you like weak tea!!

Nyree

]]> By: theuselessconsumer http://earth911.com/blog/2008/04/08/zero-waste-challenge-conclusion/#comment-13489 theuselessconsumer Thu, 01 May 2008 17:25:21 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/04/08/zero-waste-challenge-conclusion/#comment-13489 Wow, congrats for making it through 3 months! I'm trying my own little experiment, and really bumbling along. I have had troubles doing just one month of reducing spending. On the trash reduction when buying things, I'm always in a bind. Do I buy organic? Do I buy local? Do I buy the one with the least amount of packaging? This was my problem last night buying tea. I bought local organic, but then have the stupid plastic wrap. It seems so hard to do everything right!!! -The Useless Consumer http://www.theuselessconsumer.com Wow, congrats for making it through 3 months! I’m trying my own little experiment, and really bumbling along. I have had troubles doing just one month of reducing spending.

On the trash reduction when buying things, I’m always in a bind. Do I buy organic? Do I buy local? Do I buy the one with the least amount of packaging? This was my problem last night buying tea. I bought local organic, but then have the stupid plastic wrap. It seems so hard to do everything right!!!

-The Useless Consumer
http://www.theuselessconsumer.com

]]> By: bravenewleaf http://earth911.com/blog/2008/04/08/zero-waste-challenge-conclusion/#comment-12758 bravenewleaf Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:20:31 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/04/08/zero-waste-challenge-conclusion/#comment-12758 Way to go! This is an enormous challenge, and its lovely to see someone embarking on it. I assume you didn't count things you composted and recycled? One of my favorite low-waste blogs is Fake Plastic Fish (http://www.fakeplasticfish.com) where Beth reports in weekly on her progress in reducing her plastic consumption to zero. Might be worth a similar experiment sometime... Congrats on your success! --Brave New Leaf: Everyman Environmentalism http://www.bravenewleaf.com Way to go! This is an enormous challenge, and its lovely to see someone embarking on it. I assume you didn’t count things you composted and recycled?

One of my favorite low-waste blogs is Fake Plastic Fish (http://www.fakeplasticfish.com) where Beth reports in weekly on her progress in reducing her plastic consumption to zero. Might be worth a similar experiment sometime…

Congrats on your success!
–Brave New Leaf: Everyman Environmentalism
http://www.bravenewleaf.com

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