Isn't easy to keep track of all of what we waste during a week and also is terrifying to be conscious of that. Good assignment!
Here is some things that I tracked:
- Lot's of yogurt cups ( 10)
- Water bottles (6)
- Tissues: i was so sick the last weekend ( lost how may)
- Cigarrets butts: yes...even sick i was still smoking a lot
- Food: I waste a lot, it's true
- Paper: tickets, receipts, drafts, printer...( 12) ( recycle)
- Tea Bags: i have some teas that are just the leaves but other have bags
- Home Coffee grounds : maybe using it for a facial or body mask ( i think it's good)
- Plastic cups and plastic food container when at school (6) (3)
- Paper brown bags ( 4)
I'm not the perfect person in terms of sustainability and waste. I do recycle at home. We have 3 different containers but the NY system of recycling, at least near my home, is very strange. I only can put the garbage twice a week and only Monday is the recycle day. In Lisbon, I has living in a historic neighbor and there they gave garbage bags and different color strips to put in different plastic bags to everyone. It was a very good plan and I have to agree that helped a lot.
Even at ITP, where the term sustainability is so common, I see people not worry at all with the kind of trash they produce and also even, in putting it into the right place.
I think we have to change a lot and change our costumes. This week I tried to close the water in the bath. This is a very bad habit I have that I have to change. I'll try to start using my own water bottle ( i don't no the name) and my mug. In relation with the food I waste, that is a big problem I have, I'll try first stop doing that (not eating everything - well, i have to say that i don't eat anything at all, so I waste a lot) and see to who I can give the food ( like what Eugene did with the homeless).