Posts tagged ‘garbage

You don't know it yet, but you're going to be turning over a new, greener leaf today.  Yes, it's true. After going through our garbage here in the office we asked you to look into your own trash bin.  So, what did you find? We found: Coffee grounds Carrot peels Dry cleaning plastic someone was too lazy to throw away Now, let's go through our list.   First off, coffee grounds are a perfect solution to add to your gardening...

Today we're going to explore how much you and your family are throwing into the garbage and what we can do about and with that waste. As we discussed on Thursday, 30% of the average American household's garbage is food waste such as carrot and potato peels.  But what else have you got in that dirty little secret of a garbage can? Plastics?  Glass?  Paper?  Aluminum?  Now, we have harped enough on recycling, so we're just going to go...