Trash

It Burns

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Probably everybody should recycle.

This picture is inside a burning barrel from a farm not too far from where I live. While these people are truly nice people, as you can see they don't recycle. But can you blame them?

By burning they are reducing their waste down to almost nothing. And it's a pain to store and haul all these consumeristic extras to the landfill every couple of weeks.

Taken on Wednesday December 27, 2006 at Trash.

Smolders

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Many of us take our garbage and toss it in a garbage can. We somehow want to deny it's existence. That trash can goes out to the curb and a big automated trash machine takes it away to the landfill, far from our own site. Or maybe if you live in the country, you know a little bit a more about trash.

You've probably burn it yourself, smelled all those toxins burn, and watched it flash up into flame. But have you sat and watched it smolder for those countless hours as those man made products are destroyed? All that hard work being consumed by flame and being reduced to ash just so you can continue to consume precious resources.

Taken on Wednesday December 27, 2006 at Trash.

From Farm to Trash

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A picture of a styrofoam egg carton that blew away from the barn. We reuse old egg cartons at our farm for the sale of eggs, as new egg cartons are expensive, and a waste of resources to keep sending them to the landfill.

Taken on Tuesday January 16, 2007 at Trash.

Life Kit : NPR

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Single-Use Plastic Is Everywhere. Here’s How To Use Less Plastic : Life Kit : NPR

The only argument I with this article is this section:

Look at the items on your plastic inventory list and ask yourself, "What can I replace the plastic with?" Chhotray is a big fan of going reusable, and her backpack is proof: "I carry my reusable water bottle, my reusable tumbler because I'm a tea addict. I have bamboo cutlery." She says some days she also carries chopsticks and a reusable straw. "My family sort of makes fun of me because my backpacks are starting to get bigger and bigger every year."

Arellano swapped bath products that came in plastic bottles for ones that come as bars — a shampoo bar and a bar of soap.

I don't think the way to reduce your trash is buy more trash. Seriously, do you need to go out and buy more sustainable products, when you probably already have too much junk? Just go into your cupboard and grab your drinking water bottle or metal silverware. No need to buy a special wood fork, you are going throw away when you can get one from your kitchen. Metal is easier to wash and keep clean, and it's not like metal silverware is real expensive.