May 10, 2011

Plastic Challenge: Amanda R., Week 24

I need new spice jars, and am having trouble finding any that don’t come with plastic shaker tops. Anyone know of a source for just the glass jars with lids? Lids have to be air-tight, so I expect they’ll have plastic linings; am looking for some that don’t cost $10 each (amazing what folks sell online these days).

Location:Tucson, Arizona, United States… Read the rest

January 29, 2011

Denise Yribarren, Weeks 1-4

Name: Denise Yribarren

Weeks: 1 – 4

Personal Info: I am a homemaker with one daughter still living at home. I live in Gilbert Az where the only things I seem to be able to grow are zukes, swiss chard , and lettuce. I do day care in my home for a couple of sweet ones.

I am 60 years old and for whatever reason, I am slow to learn my way around computers…For the life of me, I don’t know how to include pictures in my email. Thus I will give a brief narrative of 4 weeks of examining our trash.

Week one: One-third of our trash can was filled with lots of styrofoam packages including egg cartons, taco chips wrapper, and molded plastic containers from the day old bakery section of the market. … Read the rest