Smonster, thanks! Some day I hope to refinish/refurbish and I shall keep that all in mind. I hope I didn't sound rude to sarameg or you with my waste/recycling questions. I have no idea how it started, but I am acutely aware of the waste I generate now and am always trying to make it go down down down. My biggest problem is my commute. I posted to the local neighborhood bbs to see if anyone wants to carpool with me, and my hours don't match up with anyone else's (I go in late and work late). Working from home on Wednesdays is a good start but it's not enough.
My next thing is to practice not visibly wincing when I go to people's houses and they say things like "I hate doing dishes so I just use paper plates and plastic and throw it out." It's like kicking me in the stomach.
msbelle, I forget, what kind of car did you get??
And it seems so perfect that now that Omnis and msbelle are settled into their new places, we'll hear about Hil's exciting transitions!
My next thing is to practice not visibly wincing when I go to people's houses and they say things like "I hate doing dishes so I just use paper plates and plastic and throw it out."
Oh, I wince. And then I lecture. Because, you know what? It's the fucking PLANET. If people want to think of me as That Pretentious Bitch Who's Always Going On About The Environment, so be it. It's important.
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Oh, I wince. And then I lecture. Because, you know what? It's the fucking PLANET. If people want to think of me as That Pretentious Bitch Who's Always Going On About The Environment, so be it. It's important.
I don't know how to say things like that and yet keep getting invited over? 'cause I like going to peoples' houses.
I use compostable plates (paper) for parties. They go straight in the yardwaste bin. My footprint otherwise is not enormous, and if I didn't, I would not entertain. Also, I'd have to buy more dishes. (There are only three of us! I don't need THAT many!)
I use compostable plates (paper) for parties. They go straight in the yardwaste bin. My footprint otherwise is not enormous, and if I didn't, I would not entertain. Also, I'd have to buy more dishes. (There are only three of us! I don't need THAT many!)
Yea--please don't become the people who came over for a party I was having, looked at the (admittedly plastic solo) disposable cups I had (it was a big new year's drinking party!) and disdainfully made environmental remarks, then went into my cupboard and grabbed their own cups...leaving me to wash them the next day! (When I already had to clean the whole apartment, wash the floor, deal with my hangover...)
If I'm just having a few friends over, I would normally use regular cups but I lived alone, had only so much stuff, and...already had to deal with recycling a bazillion beer bottles and cleaning up the plastic cups!
Plei, that's what I do for parties, too (compostable plates). I also bought dishwasher-safe plastic utensils that I use over and over.
My next thing is to practice not visibly wincing when I go to people's houses and they say things like "I hate doing dishes so I just use paper plates and plastic and throw it out." It's like kicking me in the stomach.
When we were on vacation last week, sharing a house with 6 other people, every time I had to throw away food waste that we would compost at home, I winced. (No, there was no community composting, and we weren't going to save 8 peoples' food waste for 8 days and drive it back to Ohio.)
We did, however, recycle everything that was recyclable, which assuaged my guilt somewhat.
Yeah, it's mostly family and extended family where this is the biggest problem for me: I mean, I am related to people who throw aluminium cans and glass bottles into the trash.
