A record of my efforts to live a more sustainable life.

Show Us Your Plastic Challenge - Week 19 - April 18 - April 24, 2010


Recyclable Items (5):
  • 1 soy milk carton (plastic spout and lid)
  • 3 envelopes with windows (lots of mail this week)
  • 1 packaging from headset at work (LDPE 4, but I don't know if the city will accept it, as it's shaped like a bag, and they don't like that)

Non-Recyclable Items (15):
  • 1 cookie package (part of it was recyclable PLA 7)
  • 1 bok choy wrapper
  • 1 tortilla chips bag
  • 2 toilet paper wrappers
  • 1 pretzel bag (from the office kitchen, but I finished off the bag so I took it)
  • 1 Starburst jelly bean bag (the last of the Easter plastic)
  • 1 snap peas bag
  • 1 bread bag
  • 3 fruit snack wrappers
  • 1 microwave popcorn wrappers
  • 1 soy milk seal
  • 1 pill package

Total Items: 20


Recyclable Items (1):
  • 1 Dairy Queen spoon (PS 6) (I tell them no spoon, they just always forget!)

Non-Recyclable Items (11):
  • 1 piece plastic wrap
  • 4 fruit snacks packages (I'll be writing a post about these...)
  • 2 toilet paper wrappers
  • 1 straw (I forgot to ask for no straw...)
  • 1 dried mangoes bag
  • 2 microwave popcorn wrappers

Total Items: 12


Recyclable Items (5):
  • 1 Styrofoam soup bowl (PS 6)
  • 1 plastic spoon (#5)
  • 1 orange juice carton (plastic spout and lid)
  • 2 raspberries containers (PETE 1)

Non-Recyclable Items (16):
  • 1 bag from Easter chocolates
  • 1 microwave popcorn wrapper
  • 1 toothpaste tube
  • 2 bread bags
  • 2 toilet paper wrappers
  • 1 Styrofoam soup bowl
  • 1 plastic spoon
  • 1 Styrofoam ice cream bowl (I hate cones, so I instinctively said bowl when asked "Bowl or cone?" Then when I got it I thought, "crap!" Plastic in the bowl and the spoon. Sigh.)
  • 1 Reese peanut butter candy eggs package (part of it is recyclable PS6)
  • 2 Reese peanut butter candy eggs wrappers
  • 1 bag Reese mini peanut butter cups
  • 1 apple turnover filling package
  • 1 icing package from apple turnovers

Total Items: 21


Recyclable Items (4):
  • 1 Dairy Queen spoon (PS 6) (I said no spoon, but they forgot by the time they gave it to me)
  • 1 raspberries container (PETE 1)
  • 1 cardboard apple pie box with plastic window
  • 1 cheesecake box with window

Non-Recyclable Items (10):
  • 1 microwave popcorn wrapper
  • 2 toilet paper wrappers
  • 1 bread bag
  • 1 Riesens bag
  • 1 cracker wrapper
  • 1 cheese slice wrapper
  • 1 plastic wrap from hat (my grandma gave me the hat, then ended up taking it back, but the plastic was already counted)
  • 1 price tag attacher
  • 1 Brussels sprouts bag

Total Items: 14