Our Waste Is Pasted Verdict

This week's challenge was eye opening! At the beginning of the week, it felt like we weren't throwing much away. But as spring break accelerated, so did our production of waste. It's amazing how much garbage one take-out/fast food meal can produce! For us, it has become a physical and emotional pain to throw things away. When you start thinking about what you throw in the can, it really puts into context the amount of garbage we as humans produce; garbage that will sit in our landfills for a much longer time than it takes to unwrap a chocolate bar.

Here they are, the much anticipated results:

Hannah's Week of Waste

Monday: 2 tissues
               Dental floss
               Candy wrapper
Recycling: 1st page of my garbage diary
                 Toilet paper roll
Tuesday: Craisin's package
               2 tissues
               Paper towel
               Dental floss
Wednesday: 8 tissues
                  Kinder surprise wrapper
                  Paper towel
                  Dental floss
 Recycling: Ginger ale can
                  Bus ticket
Thursday: Blenz cup and lid
                2 candy wrappers
                Dental floss
Friday: A&W -cup, lid, straw, chicken strips container, fries container, 2 napkins
           1 tissue
           Dental floss
Recycling: Random advertisement in the A&W bag
                Straw wrapper
                A&W bag
Saturday: 2 tissues
                Dental floss
Recycling: Hot sauce bottle
                Dip container
                Paper
Sunday: 3 plastic bags
             Dental floss
             Granola bar wrapper
Recycling: Happy Planet bottle

Marie-Claire's Week Of Waste

Monday: 1 tissue
              White Spot- burger wrapper, plastic drink cup, fries container, plastic coleslaw container, straw
Tuesday: 3 tissues
Wednesday: 4 tissues
                    Dental Floss
Thursday: 3 tissues
                1 napkin
                Plastic wrap on sandwich
Friday: 1 napkin
            1 sticker
            4 tissues
Saturday: 2 tissues
               1 napkin
               2 plastic wraps for cheese
               Pringles lid
Recycling: Pringles container
Sunday: 5 tissues
            
Wow!

Yuck! 

That's gross!

We challenge you to do better than us!

Until next time,

Under A Tree

aka Marie-Claire and Hannah