This last month I ended up sorting through my old filing folders and recycled the documents I no longer need. In them I also found quite a few old envelopes and some insurance cards so those got tossed in my monthly waste audit. I also finally used up the old coconut oil I had from Bramble Berry and their bags, unfortunately, can't be recycled around here. Now I buy all of my coconut oil in bulk from the People's Food Coop so that shouldn't be an issue in the future.
So for all of October, I made 6.04 ounces of landfill-bound waste. And for all of you wondering, no, I did not eat a single piece of Halloween candy and instead made peanut butter cookies to munch on!
Let's break down exactly what was in my waste jar this last month:
bramble berry coconut oil bag
spaghetti pasta package
remote powerpoint clicker package
plastic mailer
anniversary card plastic cover
cheese pizza wrapper
broken magnet
THINX shipping label + mailer
broccoli label
light bulb packaging
tape
health insurance cards
yogurt seal
ripple milk seal
vitamin packet
mayonnaise seal
shampoo bar package
clothing tags
bus passes
receipts
parking receipts
envelope windows
random bits of plastic
What was in your waste this month? What are you working on reducing?