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Category Archives: The Rubbish Diet
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
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
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
Week 5 – The Rubbish Diet
We are already starting week 5 of The Rubbish Diet and I have some success to report: we did not put any trash out for pick-up during week 4! That doesn’t mean we didn’t generate any waste, but it was … Continue reading
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Cleaning Up and Cleaning Out Stuff
The Rubbish Diet Challenge this past week is cleaning up around the house. I got to thinking about what we already do and what more we can do in our quest to maintain cleanliness. Then I started thinking about all the chores I’m … Continue reading
My backyard compost options
NYC has a great resource in the Lower Eastside Ecology Center. They have lots and lots of information, they coordinate with community gardens for resident food waste drop-off and they even sell worms for vermiculture. We also have botanical … Continue reading
Beyond the Blue Bin 