On Saturday, October 11, 2014 8:13:32 AM UTC-7, 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.

Depends on whether one of us has a cold or not. I took out a bale of used
kleenex last week.

We ditched the 13 gallon tall kitchen bags, because the kitchen garbage can
stank long before the bag filled. Now we switched to 8 gallon Glad bags
(generics aren't tough enough), and change them midweek, whether full or not.

We did compost our vegetable waste for years, but then lost interest.

> Is reducing your
> carbon footprint a normal part of getting "older"?

We don't cook much out of boxes, jars, and cans any more. Not so many
catalogs come; we're down to three magazines and one newspaper -- which
is itself shrinking.