Challenge 4- For one full day (from the time you wake up until you go to sleep again), carry with you all the trash you produce in one day. Comment below about your experience and describe how much, and what, you ended up with at the end of the day.
Monday, May 12, 2014
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I didn't have that much... I feel like I could have way more. But I had ziplock bags, a lunch sack, a straw, paper plate and fork, wrappers. And that's it. I don't feel like that's a lot. I'm not sure how to feel about it. So I don't know if I should change something or am I good or what? I didn't feel like I was hurting the earth because I have so much trash. So I feel like it wasn't much of an experience. I don't know, is that bad?
ReplyDeleteI was actually surprised at the amount of trash I produced. Going into the challenge I thought I wasn't going to make much, but after it was done I realized I created quite a lot of trash that was very unneeded. Most of it came from my lunch which I could avoid by bringing a reusable water bottle along with a reusable bag and carrying cases instead of all the plastic baggies I use. I realize now that I can use reusable items with the same effect I can with just plastic baggies and the reusable items can help produce less trash and help save the environment at least a little bit.
ReplyDeleteIt turns out that I made not as much trash as I thought. I made trash from a few water bottles and a torpedo for breakfast and that is all I made I could avoid this by bringing a reusable water bottle instead... This way I can save the environment.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised by the low amount of trash I produced. I started with a box for my contact lenses and worked my way up to miscellaneous bits of trash, including a gum wrapper and a large bag of potato chips. I went to see the new X-Men movie today, so I also carried a large slurped and two hot dogs. The amount of stuff carried was lower than I thought, and I think that this isn't the largest amount of trash I would produce, but this did keep reminding me that just because I throw something away that doesn't mean it's gone forever.
ReplyDeleteIt was quite stunning how little trash I had produced. All I had was a paper plate and a couple of napkins. On a regular however, I would tend to find significantly more trash than I did. I feel like they would be more under normal criteria.
ReplyDeleteMy trash collected included a plastic container, plastic wrapping, tea bag and tea bag wrapping, a sheet of paper. For one day, this is not very much. But, if I think about the amount of trash I create everyday for a week then it seems like a a very large amount. I can assume that I create between 5-10 pieces of trash on average a day. That's nearly 35-70 pieces of trash a week. I can only I imagine how much trash I would have if I collected every piece for a week or a month or even a year. The a amount of trash I generate myself is surprising to me, but then I think about this amount of trash multiplied by the number of people in the us, or in any other developed country and I cannot help but be astonished. The very little amount of thrash we create in a day may not seem much and we may not see past this, however what we don't see is the accumulation of trash every day from every person. Not only is the amount of trash created in one day almost insurmountable but for every week in the further and for decades in the past that has been accumulated. The most consistent trash that I create come from lunch, in order to reduce this I can bring my lunch in reusable boxes and use loose leaf teas instead of teas that are pre-packaged. Our society is already developed with the use of plastics and disposable packaging, it would take an almost complete restructuring of the way we live our lives unless we can find a suitable alternative to plastic.
ReplyDeleteI did this challenge with the mindset of trying to create as little trash as possible, rather than just looking at how much trash accumulated. I started off the morning and had a micorwavable sandwich that came in plastic wrapping, so there was a little bit of trash there. But otherwise when I went to rehearsal I took a refillable water bottle. We were given a lunch break but I decided to go home instead of eating out because I had some homework to do, and in this case I would be left with no trash. I heated up some leftover sliced beef and made a sandwich and ended up with zero trash. This was good because most of my daily trash probably comes from my lunch, so this is something I could consistently change in my day, to have less trash overall. I also had a lot of trash just from papers I did not need and receipts and all of that but when I was constantly thinking about the trash that was accumulating I was much more successful at keeping it to a minimum. Trash is something we do not ever think of as a problem, because there are trash cans every where and everything is "disposable". We should definitely keep our trash accumulation in mind when we are going throughout our day and try to produce as little trash as possible so we can help our planet.
ReplyDeleteI chose to do this challenge, because I thought it would be interesting seeing how much trash I accumulate. I have never thought about the trash I throw away each day, but as the day ended, I was actually surprised. I ended up with less trash than I thought I was going to accumulate. I ended up with a Starbucks plastic cup and straw, paper towels, an apple, a receipt from Target, and scratch paper from work. I didn't have any food waste because I ate at home for breakfast and dinner. I thought I would end up with more considering how much humans accumulate per day. Although I didn't accumulate a lot of waste today, that doesn't mean it's a constant thing. I may have more waste some days than the other days, and that is something that I will have to keep in mind for the other days. Not only my waste, but the people around me.
ReplyDeleteOn a normal day, a day spent at school, I produce quite a bit of trash. I eat my lunch from plastic ziploc bags, I eat gum from metallic wrappers, I fill my binders with old, graded papers, etc. Luckily when I completed the challenge yesterday, much my day was filled with rehearsal. This made it so I produced a relatively small amount of trash. The trash I did create consisted of a couple of ziploc/paper bags and dirty napkins from my packed lunch and dinner, and some dirty tissues. It was obnoxious having to carry around my garbage, but it showed me that small, very doable changes are all that's necessary for me to cut down my trash production. The decision to cut down on trash requires a simple change in mindset, a change from "disposable" to "reusable." After completing this challenge I'm inspired to make the shift. For me this may mean I start packing my lunch in tupperware containers instead of plastic bags. I can use only reusable water bottles while at home and in school as opposed to disposable, plastic water bottles. In college I can house gallon pitcher in my dorm fridge to drink from while in my dorm room, again to cut down on using plastic water bottles. These changes are simple, but their impact is astounding. By engaging in the activities listed above I will be actively lessening my environmental impact. Saving the earth one piece of trash at a time!
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