May 10, 2011

January – April 2011 Plastic Waste Tally

15.4 oz Plastic Waste [11.9 oz new/3.5 oz acquired prior to June 2007]

Someone commented a while back that my plastic trash tallies were getting boring because there was so little each month and it all looked the same. After 3-1/2 years of collecting plastic, I was kind of getting bored too. So, here’s 4 month’s worth, all saved up. It might be boring, but at least not as often. 🙂

Beth’s January through April 2011 plastic waste collection

Plastic purchased before June 15 2007 and used up in the last month (3.5 oz):

4 plastic spice bottles, 4 plastic lids, 2 plastic shaker tops. Still using up spices in plastic containers and filling glass jars from the bulk bins when I need to restock. Plastic lid from metal spice container. SIM card from old mobile phone. Sold the phone. Venus razor cartridge. As you know, I use a metal safety razor. But I did keep my old plastic Venus razor and a few cartridges for traveling. Double-edged razor blades w… Read the rest
January 4, 2011

December 2010 Plastic Waste Tally

3.1 oz Plastic Waste [3.1 oz new/0 oz acquired prior to June 2007]

2010 is over! It’s a new year, a new blog name, a new My Plastic-free Life Facebook page (Yes, if you are a fan of the previous Fake Plastic Fish Facebook page, please click the “Like” button on the new My Plastic-free Life page to continue seeing updates and just to show your support. You can “Unlike” the Fake Plastic Fish page to avoid duplicate updates for the next week or so.)

I’ll have a final tally for the year as well as summary of the successes and challenges of 2010 and big plans for 2011 in my next post. For now, here is the tally for December:

Beth’s December plastic waste collection

Plastic purchased before June 15 2007 and used up in the last month (0 oz):

Nothing. This month, it’s all new plastic.

New plastic waste (3.1 oz):

Plastic packing tape from package ordered from Etsy.com. Sometimes when I try to avoid a little bit of plas… Read the rest