Monthly Archives: January 2012

The Rubbish Diet – Week 2

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Amy Marpman

Uh-oh.  I’m barely into week 2 of The Rubbish Diet and I’m already increasing my weekly generation of trash rather than decreasing it! Last week was a busy week for me.  I wasn’t home much and thus not generating a … Continue reading →

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Plastic bagless shopping trip failed

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Amy Marpman

I had to run to the grocery store last night to pick-up a few things.  I made a list of the things I would need over the next few days so as not to over purchase. I brought my reusable … Continue reading →

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Plastic bag recycling

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Amy Marpman

Welcome to our plastic bag storage area.  We used to religiously take our reusable shopping bags to the grocery store.  Then we got cats (the curious felines pictured here) and needed a few plastic bags for kitty littler clean up. … Continue reading →

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Love my coffee, love my K-cup?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Amy Marpman

A good recycler like myself should not purchase single-serve individually packaged anything.  Yet, we have a Keurig coffee machine that uses single-serve coffee units called K-cups. We got the Keurig machine about two-years ago.   Prior to that we used … Continue reading →

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Week 1 Trash Pick-up

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Amy Marpman

Monday and Thursdays are trash pick-up days in our neighborhood in Queens, NY.  Thursdays are also recycling pick-up days. Last night we put out one bin with one bag of trash from the house, and the small bag of litterbug … Continue reading →

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The Litter Dilemma

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Amy Marpman

Litterbugs are not helping my rubbish diet.  Yesterday, I cleaned up other people’s trash from my yard.  That plastic bag I’m holding is about 2/3 full of plastic cups, random pieces of paper, mini-booze bottles, a cigarette box, and snack … Continue reading →

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My rubbish bins

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Amy Marpman

As week one of The Rubbish Diet continues I thought I’d share the bin set up in our kitchen. For our trash we have one of those trendy pull out cabinet things with two 41-qt bins.  The front bin is … Continue reading →

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Recycling in NYC

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Amy Marpman

Here we go.  Week 1 of The Rubbish Diet is here!   I’ll be tracking my household generation of waste and recyclables over the next 8 weeks. I live in New York City.  Since recycling laws vary widely across the … Continue reading →

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The Rubbish Diet

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Amy Marpman

When I told my husband we were participating in The Rubbish Diet, he asked, “Are you eating less garbage?”  Well, kind of. Starting Monday, January 23 I’ll be reporting how much trash and recyclables we throw out each week.  I will … Continue reading →

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