Think how many bags of trash you send to the garbage a month. How many? One, Two, Six? Can you take the challenge being proposed by EnviroMom to reduce your daily waste to only one Trash can a month? Watch the above video on ABC’s Nightline to see their trash reduction methods in action. Reducing Trash never felt so good.
Heather and Renee of EnviroMom are part of the Green Mom Carnival, in which I am a part of. The women of the Green Mom Carnival are so inspirational and I am honored to be part of them. When one of the women is in the spotlight I feel like a rock star too by association. (Heather and Renee, don’t forget about us little people who knew you when…)
To sum up some of the points in the video clip, you can reduce your own trash by:
- Using Cloth Napkins instead of Paper napkins
- Buying bulk packaging in lieu of single servings to reduce packaging waste
- Add a fork and knife and cloth napkin to the kiddos’ lunch boxes rather than plastic utensils and paper napkins
- Composting scrapes of veggies and fruit in a kitchen container. When full, throw it in the outside composer. For urban dweller, consider in home composter
- Set up those easy to use recycle bins so it becomes a habit to recycle
- Place a recycle can in the bathroom so the empty toliet roll, empty bottles, and other recyclable products can go in this can rather than the trash can.
For more room by room trash reduction hint, go to “Join the EnviroMom One Can A Month Challenge” Think of it as enrolling in a trash intervention program! If you decide to take the challenge, leave Renee and Heather a message on their Month Challenge post noted above.
Perhaps you can aspire to Jeanne Roy’s level of trash reduction of only one trash can A YEAR! You can do it. I have faith.
Congratulations Heather and Renee on a trash reduction well done.
So what are some of your trash reduction methods in your household?
meg says
Anna, this is a great post, its got me thinking of ways we can reduce our trash for the month. Its the little things- recently I’ve started to wash and reuse plastic zip lock bags and I’ll use your tip of putting a recycle can in the bathroom!
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Mother Earth says
way to go enviromom’s
anna i tagged you today, perhaps you can play??
Green Talk says
Meg, Organic J crew for the home? Sounds enticing. Actually, the trash can in the bathroom is EnviroMom’s idea. I just go around and pick everything out of the trash or off the shelves since it never makes it to the trash. I have boys who are allergic to the trash can. Anna
busby seo test says
how many bag of trash? is a lot of bags of trash in a month. not only in month but a week is so many. the cost to destroy a trash will be increased from year to year and we need a huge recycle. most of the stuff in your home that can be recycled. recycle starts from your home.
Lexli says
I try to incorporate these techniques into my daily life, but it’s an uphill battle getting the rest of my family to go along with me. I know we could reduce our trash by at least 70% if we started recycling more. @Anna: Maybe you deciding where the trash goes is a blessing in disguise, lol.
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Heather says
Hi Anna! Thanks so much for posting this! The response has been amazing and heartening. People want to reduce their footprint and they are just looking for some hand-holding and inspiration. Go green moms!
The Minimalist says
Great article. I went down to one garbage pickup a month and a smaller can too! Not only did it save us money but it’s great to only have to put the trash out once a month! No more running after the fleeing garbage truck!