I'm a little behind in writing this, but don't worry! I still have accurate details of my trash production from back in September. It was a pretty typical month with 0.8 ounces of trash filling up my jar. It included the following items:
1 vitamin jar seal
1 yogurt seal
1 yogurt wrapper
1 shipment receipt
1 piece of elastic string
1 credit card strip
1 IOPI tongue test tube (because "grad school")
5 staples
Numerous receipts with BPA
Numerous bus passes
Numerous envelope windows
Now that I am living in a new city with different composting and recycling resources, I'm having to look closely at some of the things I am still using. For example, the bus passes that I get here through a friend are covered in a plastic coating that make them impossible to recycle. Also, both the curb-side composting and recycling programs here are much stricter than Bellingham in what they accept. It's been a great chance for me to push myself even harder to reduce my reliance on such programs!