On 14/10/2014 7:28 AM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Monday, October 13, 2014 9:59:55 AM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 19:07:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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>>>> On Saturday, October 11, 2014 8:13:32 AM UTC-7, sf wrote:
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>>>>> I just realized that we don't generate much. I don't use my garbage
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>>>>> disposal very much. We don't compost, so coffee grounds and food
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>>>>> trimmings go into the (covered) garbage can and yet, we generate only
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>>>>> one bag of waste per week... which turns into more like half a bag
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>>>>> when it's taken out of the trash can to go to the trash bin, so we
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>>>>> empty the trash baskets in the den, bedrooms and bathrooms in there
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>>>>> too. We didn't eat out at all last week and still didn't generate
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>>>>> enough garbage to make emptying the kitchen trash worthwhile.
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>>>> Depends on whether one of us has a cold or not. I took out a bale of used
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>>>> kleenex last week.
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>>>> We ditched the 13 gallon tall kitchen bags, because the kitchen garbage
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>>>> stank long before the bag filled. Now we switched to 8 gallon Glad bags
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>>>> (generics aren't tough enough), and change them midweek, whether full or
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>>>> not.
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>>>> We did compost our vegetable waste for years, but then lost interest.
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>>>>> Is reducing your
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>>>>> carbon footprint a normal part of getting "older"?
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>>>> We don't cook much out of boxes, jars, and cans any more. Not so many
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>>>> catalogs come; we're down to three magazines and one newspaper -- which
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>>>> is itself shrinking.
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>>> I really wish I could cut down on the junk snail mail. Besides the cans,
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>>> that really is the bulk of my recycling. Every day I go through the mail
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>>> and it almost all goes into the bin straight away.
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>> I get mail at my PO Box, junk mail never comes home... I tear up my
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>> name and address and toss it in their bin... of late there are tons of
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>> political propaganda, I don't read any.
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> Wait'll the medigap ads start rolling in......
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> I have successfully stopped the catalogs - yes, it took a few phone calls, but I usually chat em up a bit, ask about their weather, shit like that.
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You were lucky. I still get heavy optics catalogues despite 2 phone
calls and several e-mails to take me off the list.
Graham