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Last week was a week of firsts for me – my first Zero Waste Week, my first litter pick and my first Thanksgiving!
Focusing on Zero Waste week, I pledged to bring in ‘leftover lunches’ and soon discovered that Love Food Hate Waste has made an impression. Planning my meals for the week I now have very little leftover after each meal that I wouldn’t be using for another day. Great for my shopping bill, but I ran out of food!
My second pledge, to start composting for my sister’s garden has been a lot more successful, and has given me food for thought about my non-recyclable waste which goes to landfill. Checking the labels for packaging which can be recycled is quite revealing and makes you think about what you are buying, but also makes you realised that it’s nigh on impossible to eliminate all waste going to landfill. However, this week I have discovered the joys of finding ways to reuse my waste. From simple things like holding onto plastics for food wrapping, using mushroom boxes as compost caddies and putting spice jars back into circulation, to the far more crafty making Christmas decorations from egg cartons, cutlery holders from milk bottles and even bird houses from soup cartons!
I enjoyed my week of firsts, even the litter pick and the competition to find the weirdest item – I guess a bike seat by a bike path isn’t that weird, but I was still proud of my find, and Thursday I was thankful for a fantastic Thanksgiving spread, and even more thankful for leftover veg, yorkshires and gravy on Friday.
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