On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 08:13:32 -0700, sf > wrote:

>I just realized that we don't generate much. I don't use my garbage
>disposal very much. We don't compost, so coffee grounds and food
>trimmings go into the (covered) garbage can and yet, we generate only
>one bag of waste per week... which turns into more like half a bag
>when it's taken out of the trash can to go to the trash bin, so we
>empty the trash baskets in the den, bedrooms and bathrooms in there
>too. We didn't eat out at all last week and still didn't generate
>enough garbage to make emptying the kitchen trash worthwhile.
>FINALLY, yesterday - hubby came into the kitchen and said with a
>chuckle "I think it's full enough to take out". Blue Bin, recycling
>is the same. Not much generated by us - it's mainly junk mail and
>only one box a week. Hubby eats breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks -
>so there's plenty of opportunity to produce trash. Is reducing your
>carbon footprint a normal part of getting "older"?

We generate a fair bit of recycling, but that's mainly because the
recycle company here takes a lot of different stuff. All of our
vegetable material gets composted, and in the winter we burn most of
our paper and cardboard waste, including stuff like toilet rolls and
used kleenex from the waste baskets.

As far as garbage is concerned, we mainly have cat litter and meat
scraps. Because of the smell (and wild critters) we save up our meat
waste in a container in the freezer.

Bag tags here are $3 a pop, so we don't put out a bag of garbage
unless it's pretty full. Perhaps one bag every 3 weeks.

Doris