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Vermont Enacts Statewide Recycling Law
Vermont Governor, Peter Shumlin, signed a very comprehensive – and what I consider BOLD – recycling legislation this week. The statewide law further defines mandated recyclables (all the usual suspects, but only PET and HDPE plastics) and outright bans these … Continue reading
The Rubbish Diet Challenge Wrap-up
The eight week bin slimming challenge has come to an end and I’m proud to say we have successfully reduced our waste! We went from one to two bags every week (which I thought was pretty good) down to one … Continue reading
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Zero Waste – workweek update
Phew! The work week is done and I think I did fairly well so far for zero waste week on The Rubbish Diet Challenge. Now on to the weekend. Monday and Tuesday were pretty tame. We threw away a little … Continue reading
Zero Waste Week – oops moments
Ok – zero waste today was a little harder. First of all I got on the train WITHOUT my coffee. Usually I walk, but today Steve dropped me off and I left my coffee in the car. Luckily, Au Bon … Continue reading
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Zero Waste Week Continues
Zero Waste week for The Rubbish Diet Challenge continues. Here’s how we’ve got on so far this week. Monday: I discarded a bit a of dental floss, a q-tip and a small piece of greasy wax paper. My husband, Steve, discarded … Continue reading
The Rubbish Diet – Week 8 ZERO WASTE
Here we are! Week 8 of The Rubbish Diet. This week’s challenge is ZERO WASTE! A challenge so big it deserves all caps. I’m very pleased with my rubbish diet success over the past 8 weeks. We went from a … Continue reading
Week 7 of The Rubbish Diet
My how time flies! It seems like only yesterday that we began week 1 of The Rubbish Diet. The Rubbish Diet challenge for week 7 is de-cluttering. The kind of purge before the week 8 goal of zero waste. I really … Continue reading
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The Rubbish Diet – Week 6
This week’s rubbish diet challenge is the trash even trash talkers don’t like to talk about… bathroom waste. I do a lot of waste audits for work, and in an office building we count bathroom trash as a separate category … Continue reading
DSNY Garbage Truck
Took a pic of the garbage truck through the window. They come through my neighborhood every Monday and Thursday. Everyone puts their trash out on the curb the night before and it is magically whisked away by DSNY.
Thursday – trash pick-up day
We didn’t put out any trash for pick-up last week or on Monday. We did, however, put out some trash this morning. It’s hard to tell from the pic but that is a full bag of kitchen trash (two weeks … Continue reading
Beyond the Blue Bin 