Waste Verdict

After going to Southern United States for 6 days, a place where Styrofoam is a necessity and recycling is a foreign word, the small amount of garbage we produced during the 'paste your waste' challenge seems insignificant. However,after recording the amount of hidden garbage displayed the harsh reality: PLASTIC IS EVERYWHERE! The amount of products we use every day that are doused in plastic and swimming in chemicals is disgusting, almost inevitable...but not inescapable! There are countless products we can stop buying. To avoid being overly overwhelmed try starting with these:

AVOID COMPLETELY
Bottled Water...the most ridiculous of all products
Granola Bars...closer to a chocolate bar than oatmeal anyways
Disposable Cups...challenge yourself to bring your own thermos everywhere. Some coffee shops will even give you a discount!
Plastic Shopping Bags...If you can carry it to the counter, you can carry it to your car! If you are incapable, bring a large purse or a reusable shopping bag.
Plastic Garbage Bags...so let me get this straight, before we send our plastic to sit in a landfill, we cover it in another layer of plastic..? Is it to make sure our garbage has the greatest impact on the environment possible?
Plastic Wrap...yuck...please use Tupperware.

We have already discontinued our use of bottled water, granola bars and plastic bags! Our challenge now is to avoid disposable cups, plastic wrap, zip lock bags and paper towel. We are also going to use reusable bags for produce (available at IGA).

WE CHALLENGE YOU TO DO THE SAME!

Until next time,

Under A Tree