How have you reduced your garbage/landfill footprint?

[Weeg]

Because I live in the city and in an apartment, I can't have a lot of stuff I want, such as a compost. However I recycle most everything, and try to get cans from the store more often as they can be recycled. Sadly my home city doesn't recycle plastic bags anymore so I use them as poop bags for the dog. Leftover tea bags get potted and paper from my art gets turned into note paper. (Lord knows I take a lot of notes, LOL! ). It's not perfect, but I try

Thought I'd mention this. Have you seen the Reencle in home composter? VitaMix also makes one. They these neat food compost "bins" you can have in your home. They churn any food waste and turn it into compost in a matter of hours. You have to add a microorganism packet or something like that, but it looked pretty cool.
I stummbled upon one when I was researching composting today. Yet another item to add to my list.
Can you tell I enjoy shopping?
They're pricey, but I thought it was pretty cool. I sure can't justify the price, but thought I'd mention it anyway. Kind of a fun item to add to a list.

 

[Weeg]

Thanks It irks me when I have to throw out electronics because we DO have an electronics recycling depot, but it's at the dump and no-one I know drives. If they do drive, they can't take me. **pouts** So in the garbage it goes.

I rely on the local bus services to get anywhere and get paper bus tickets because they are recycled by the transit company. There's so much I try to do

This is really cool. Taking public transport helps a ton with a carbon footprint, thats really neat that you're doing that. We need more people like that who do everything they can to reduce waste/pollution. Nice work!

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

This is really cool. Taking public transport helps a ton with a carbon footprint, thats really neat that you're doing that. We need more people like that who do everything they can to reduce waste/pollution. Nice work!

Awww, shucks Thanks

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

Thought I'd mention this. Have you seen the Reencle in home composter? VitaMix also makes one. They these neat food compost "bins" you can have in your home. They churn any food waste and turn it into compost in a matter of hours. You have to add a microorganism packet or something like that, but it looked pretty cool.
I stummbled upon one when I was researching composting today. Yet another item to add to my list.
Can you tell I enjoy shopping?
They're pricey, but I thought it was pretty cool. I sure can't justify the price, but thought I'd mention it anyway. Kind of a fun item to add to a list.

Never heard of them, but they sound pretty cool . I need to give them a shot!

 

[Chookchicken]

Thanks It irks me when I have to throw out electronics because we DO have an electronics recycling depot, but it's at the dump and no-one I know drives. If they do drive, they can't take me. **pouts** So in the garbage it goes.

I rely on the local bus services to get anywhere and get paper bus tickets because they are recycled by the transit company. There's so much I try to do

You could always put up an ad on something like Craigslist. Especially if you don’t charge anything for them people would very likely take it. Wither it be for the parts of the device or because they want a device. If you aren’t comfortable having people know the address of your home you can always tell them to meet you at a local cafe, shop, car park, etc.

 

[Sally PB]

I do my best to not buy products packaged in plastic, but that can be really hard.

I took out the garbage last night. I think the majority of what was in the bag was packaging!

Does he use his ash? Or can you get it. It is good dust bath fill for chickens. Great for garden and fruit trees (really anything growing).

Just FYI... don't dump too much in one place. I used to spread ashes on our garden, and accidentally dumped a bunch in one spot. I tried to spread it out, but couldn't do much with it. The next spring, I planted alfalfa (that side of the garden was resting that year), and it came up very thinly in that spot.

Don't put it on anything that likes acidic soil, like blueberries or azaleas. Ashes will raise the pH, and those things like really acidic soil, like 4.5-5.5 pH.

 

[azurbanclucker]

We compost as much as possible and recycle what is available to us from the city recycling program. Unfortunately it's glass, corrugated cardboard, aluminum, and newsprint only. (and we recycle aluminum on our own for the cash value) There aren't really any options for plastics here any more so instead we try and reduce our consumption of plastics to try and help. We cannot burn since we live in city limits.

I usually donate old electronics which are still serviceable to a a local tech user group or to a couple of non profit children's homes which have retail stores.

Cars, those are a challenge. We need 2, and because everything here is spread out, we put a lot of miles on them. We're looking at purchasing at least one EV or hybrid EV in the near future, but they're a struggle on our budget right now so it's going to wait a bit. Hopefully as the tech continues to mature and more players enter the market, up front costs will come down making them a more affordable option to compete with dino powered contemporary cars. I want to convert my bug, but the outlay is not insignificant. Close to 20 grand, for a car that's really only worth about 10. Really hard sell...

 

[Sally PB]

All 3 of our vehicles are 15 years old, all bought used. We need to keep the Jeep, and need a more fuel efficient car for non-winter driving. So depending on availability, we may trade in two cars and get one. (If they'll take the two, but these days, they might!)

Does anyone have a Prius, and what do you think of it? How does it handle winter driving? The 2-3" of snow type of winter driving, not the really bad kind. That's why we're keeping the Jeep.

 

[Madhouse Pullet]

Because I live in the city and in an apartment, I can't have a lot of stuff I want, such as a compost. However I recycle most everything, and try to get cans from the store more often as they can be recycled. Sadly my home city doesn't recycle plastic bags anymore so I use them as poop bags for the dog. Leftover tea bags get potted and paper from my art gets turned into note paper. (Lord knows I take a lot of notes, LOL! ). It's not perfect, but I try

Same, even though some plastic bags say "recycle" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

you can pur your used tea bags in the garden?
I'm pretty new at this recycling stuff after the city started buckling down more.

 

[STACEYH]

Because I live in the city and in an apartment, I can't have a lot of stuff I want, such as a compost. However I recycle most everything, and try to get cans from the store more often as they can be recycled. Sadly my home city doesn't recycle plastic bags anymore so I use them as poop bags for the dog. Leftover tea bags get potted and paper from my art gets turned into note paper. (Lord knows I take a lot of notes, LOL! ). It's not perfect, but I try

If you like crafts you can make a lot of things out of plastic bags. Some people make sleeping mats and donate them to the homeless. My aunt makes rugs.