One family's journey to zero waste in Chattanooga, TN
When we started our zero waste journey about 3 years ago, I'm ashamed to say it, but neither Sadie or I could even tell you the names of our Tennessee state representatives/senators (Yusuf Hakeem / Todd Gardenhire, respectively) -- so we certainly had never made a phone call, written an email, or met with any… Continue reading 6 tips for taking zero-waste political action
This whole blog was inspired by Beth Terry and her book Plastic Free, in which she challenges her readers to save their plastic trash and analyze it. We started tracking our own plastic trash in October of 2017. We had been reducing our trash for about 3 months and wanted to share our journey, as… Continue reading Plastic Waste Journal-May and June 2019
Here is the waste we produced in February and March! We were out of town for 2 weeks in February and I didn't haul our trash back with us, so some is missing 🙂 It was a mostly zero waste trip in terms of plastic use (although we flew in a plane....so increased pollution waste...not… Continue reading Plastic Waste Journal, February and March 2019
How long does it take for a head of lettuce to decompose in a landfill? Really, give a guess out loud before scrolling down. The answer? At least 25 years. Yeah, I know, its crazy! A University of Arizona project excavating landfills found a head of lettuce that was perfectly intact 25 years down in… Continue reading Compost
Both the recyclable and non-recyclable plastic waste we created from January 2019
