Comments on: 10 Easy Ways To Reduce Household Waste http://greenbydesign.com/2009/02/27/10-easy-ways-to-reduce-household-waste/ Setting an Example by Design Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:05:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Ganesha http://greenbydesign.com/2009/02/27/10-easy-ways-to-reduce-household-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-6682 Ganesha Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:47:00 +0000 http://greenbydesign.com/?p=2356#comment-6682 We have a great incentive in our town for people to recycle: Trash tags and curbside recycling. Here’s how it works: You buy trash tags at the local grocery store or City Hall, $13.55 per sheet of five. One sticker per 33 gallon, 50 lb can of trash, more for bigger cans or bulk stuff. Our city uses this instead of monthly trash bills. Curbside recycling is FREE, and as much as you want to put out (obviously it must be base items, not stuff that has to be deconstructed). We put out one can of trash every two to three weeks… So one month’s worth of “trash bill” actually stretches two to four months! Here’s our city’s trash site: http://tinyurl.com/m88gdq We have a great incentive in our town for people to recycle: Trash tags and curbside recycling. Here’s how it works:
You buy trash tags at the local grocery store or City Hall, $13.55 per sheet of five. One sticker per 33 gallon, 50 lb can of trash, more for bigger cans or bulk stuff. Our city uses this instead of monthly trash bills.
Curbside recycling is FREE, and as much as you want to put out (obviously it must be base items, not stuff that has to be deconstructed).
We put out one can of trash every two to three weeks… So one month’s worth of “trash bill” actually stretches two to four months!
Here’s our city’s trash site: http://tinyurl.com/m88gdq

]]> By: Nancy http://greenbydesign.com/2009/02/27/10-easy-ways-to-reduce-household-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-5330 Nancy Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:27:42 +0000 http://greenbydesign.com/?p=2356#comment-5330 Wow, we do almost all of these. We also save all food jars (i.e. pasta sauce, pickles, etc) and store our bulk purchases in at home as well. Coffee cans can be used as planters, especially this time of year Magazines can be recycled into gorgeous collages or paper beads..especially fun with the kids. Wow, we do almost all of these. We also save all food jars (i.e. pasta sauce, pickles, etc) and store our bulk purchases in at home as well.

Coffee cans can be used as planters, especially this time of year

Magazines can be recycled into gorgeous collages or paper beads..especially fun with the kids.

]]> By: Hubert Den Draak http://greenbydesign.com/2009/02/27/10-easy-ways-to-reduce-household-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-5220 Hubert Den Draak Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:50:59 +0000 http://greenbydesign.com/?p=2356#comment-5220 Patricia, your comment on using "unrecycleables" for art made made me very happy. Not only would it help replace mass-produced "art" (a contradition in terms and boooring at best), it would also help local artists AND divert stuff from landfills! We have 2 art pieces created like this in our home, and they're always a pleasure to look at for those three reasons. Patricia, your comment on using “unrecycleables” for art made made me very happy. Not only would it help replace mass-produced “art” (a contradition in terms and boooring at best), it would also help local artists AND divert stuff from landfills! We have 2 art pieces created like this in our home, and they’re always a pleasure to look at for those three reasons.

]]> By: Patrizia Iacino http://greenbydesign.com/2009/02/27/10-easy-ways-to-reduce-household-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-5219 Patrizia Iacino Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:35:34 +0000 http://greenbydesign.com/?p=2356#comment-5219 Support artists who use recycled material in their art instead of buying objects produced industrially. I mostly use things that cannot be recycled like rubber bands from vegetables, contact lens cases, caps from milk and water, I am always looking for more, please save them for us. Support artists who use recycled material in their art instead of buying objects produced industrially.
I mostly use things that cannot be recycled like rubber bands from vegetables, contact lens cases, caps from milk and water, I am always looking for more, please save them for us.

]]> By: harish volam http://greenbydesign.com/2009/02/27/10-easy-ways-to-reduce-household-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-5163 harish volam Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:27:14 +0000 http://greenbydesign.com/?p=2356#comment-5163 i'm on the track of maintaining cleanliness. but i don't think that will foster the community to do the same. because it is the responsibility of every citizen to think of the deleterious effects of using plastic.for example, we and i too shoppe for garments or something under need.to carry that we get a plastic bag and not a Eco-friendly bag instead. so i request everybody to promote literacy regarding this aspect wherever you are involved in. thank you. i’m on the track of maintaining cleanliness. but i don’t think that will foster the community to do the same. because it is the responsibility of every citizen to think of the deleterious effects of using plastic.for example, we and i too shoppe for garments or something under need.to carry that we get a plastic bag and not a Eco-friendly bag instead. so i request everybody to promote literacy regarding this aspect wherever you are involved in. thank you.

]]> By: Mahak Sachdev http://greenbydesign.com/2009/02/27/10-easy-ways-to-reduce-household-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-5155 Mahak Sachdev Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:15:03 +0000 http://greenbydesign.com/?p=2356#comment-5155 Great and some Easy ways to reduce your garbage. We just need to be aware towards our degrading environment. Save Environment . . Save EARTH . . Save LIFE.. Great and some Easy ways to reduce your garbage.
We just need to be aware towards our degrading environment.
Save Environment . . Save EARTH . . Save LIFE..

]]> By: Jay An http://greenbydesign.com/2009/02/27/10-easy-ways-to-reduce-household-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-5143 Jay An Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:38:17 +0000 http://greenbydesign.com/?p=2356#comment-5143 Great read. I will add this too Reduce paper towel. Wash and reuse kitchen towels. Even if you have to kitchen paper rolls, tear them and use a small piece Great read. I will add this too
Reduce paper towel. Wash and reuse kitchen towels. Even if you have to kitchen paper rolls, tear them and use a small piece

]]> By: Jacquie http://greenbydesign.com/2009/02/27/10-easy-ways-to-reduce-household-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-5141 Jacquie Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:06:59 +0000 http://greenbydesign.com/?p=2356#comment-5141 Every effort to stem the tide of waste is a valiant individual effort, and community service. It should be a given that we each invest our personal energy to help modify the bulk of waste out there. However, with all due respect, if the corporations keep manufacturing the plastic, most people push their lazy button, and go with the flow. The bottom line is profit, not human sustainability. I would rather not think this way, but I believe the waste civilization produces will be our ultimate calling card. Horrifying. Every effort to stem the tide of waste is a valiant individual effort, and community service. It should be a given that we each invest our personal energy to help modify the bulk of waste out there. However, with all due respect, if the corporations keep manufacturing the plastic, most people push their lazy button, and go with the flow. The bottom line is profit, not human sustainability. I would rather not think this way, but I believe the waste civilization produces will be our ultimate calling card. Horrifying.

]]> By: Sudarshan Bharatiya http://greenbydesign.com/2009/02/27/10-easy-ways-to-reduce-household-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-5139 Sudarshan Bharatiya Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:45:42 +0000 http://greenbydesign.com/?p=2356#comment-5139 Ah! what a coincidence !! Just a couple of minutes ago I was visualising a paperless (Truly) Office . With tall claims all these years, we could not reduce the consumption of paper by 50% , So establishing a paperfree environment has remained a mirage. It's time every small and big organisation, state & central Administartion shoukld implement in action to reduce the garbage and help recycle the wastes, time and again. Bravo ! Ah! what a coincidence !!
Just a couple of minutes ago I was visualising a paperless (Truly) Office . With tall claims all these years, we could not reduce the consumption of paper by 50% , So establishing a paperfree environment has remained a mirage.
It’s time every small and big organisation, state & central Administartion shoukld implement in action to reduce the garbage and help recycle the wastes, time and again. Bravo !

]]> By: Tracy http://greenbydesign.com/2009/02/27/10-easy-ways-to-reduce-household-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-5138 Tracy Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:41:08 +0000 http://greenbydesign.com/?p=2356#comment-5138 As a blog topic, somebody should investigate The Great Garbage Patch in the Pacific. http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=the-great-garbage-patch-09-02-26 As a blog topic, somebody should investigate The Great Garbage Patch in the Pacific.
http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=the-great-garbage-patch-09-02-26

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