On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 11:48:03 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote:

>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.

No garbage service here, but nothing leaves the property if it can be
eaten by human, animal or decomposed. Other than that, I guess I
generate about a ¼ of what you call a garbage bag on a typical week,
which is pretty much plastic packaging of some sort.