An Effort in Green

Recyclable Items (1):

• 1 sushi container (PS 6)

Non-Recyclable Items (8):

• 1 toothpaste tube
• 3 CD wrappers
• 1 popcorn wrapper
• 1 peanut M&Ms bag (normally I would buy these in bulk, but I won them at the theatre)
• 1 bread bag
• 1 granola bar wrapper

Total Items: 9

Recyclable Items (1):

• 1 orange juice carton (plastic spout and lid)

Non-Recyclable Items (9):

• 1 cereal bag
• 2 bread bags
• 1 margarine seal
• 1 ice cream treat wrapper
• 1 pill package
• 2 tetra pack carton seals
• 1 price tag attacher

Total Items: 10

Recyclable Items (1):

• 1 paper bread bag with window

Non-Recyclable Items (5):

• 1 bread bag
• 1 magazine bag
• 2 cookie wrappers
• 1 freezie wrapper

Total Items: 6 (another new record! I'm on a roll!)

I'm worried about the oceans. I'm very worried about the hugely diverse ecosystems in the oceans, which are becoming steadily less diverse as a result of human activity.

Change.org posted an article today called Early End to Bluefin Tuna Season Illustrates Fish's Precarious Survival.To summarise, basically we're eating an endangered species. Why are we not freaking out about this? Are tuna sandwiches really more important to us than the survival of the tuna themselves?

The usual suggestions in response to this problem are to eat more sustainable seafood. In other words, eat fish that aren't endangered, and that are lower on the food chain so they don't contain a lot of mercury.

I'm going to suggest a rather more enthusiastic approach. Let's not eat fish!

Now, before anyone becomes enraged by that suggestion and starts talking about people in northern Canada and whatnot, let me finish. I don't know what it's like to live in northern Canada. Therefore I don't feel I have enough knowledge to say that they should stop eating fish. However, most of us definitely don't need to eat fish.

Love sushi? Me too! And I'm a vegetarian! Vegetarian sushi is very very delicious. Seaweed and sticky rice wrapped around mushrooms, asparagus, green peppers, and any number of other vegetables (even some fruit!) is one of my favourite foods. And it doesn't result in any overfishing!

When I went vegetarian, I never thought I'd be able to stay away from shrimp. As it turns out, it's a small price to pay to know that I'm not playing a part in the extinction of marine species.

Recyclable Items (4):

• 1 grapes container (PETE 1)
• 1 soy milk carton (plastic spout and lid)
• 2 raspberries containers

Non-Recyclable Items (7):

• 1 cotton candy bag from the Hi Neighbour Festival
• 1 cereal bag
• 1 comic book wrap
• 1 toilet paper wrapper
• 1 ice pop wrapper (also from the festival)
• 1 apple turnover filling package
• 1 icing package

Total Items: 11

Recyclable Items (1):

• 1 soy milk carton (plastic spout and lid)

Non-Recyclable Items (9):

• 1 coir package (coir is stuff made from the outside of coconuts and it's good for the garden)
• 1 soil bag
• 1 cereal bag
• 1 bread bag
• 2 Popsicle wrappers
• 1 microwave popcorn wrapper
• 1 toilet paper wrapper
• 1 Big Foot candy bag
• 1 Eat-More wrapper
• 1 soy milk seal

Total Items: 11

Recyclable Items (1):

• 1 gelati spoon (it had a very tiny recyclable symbol on it... I think it said 6)

Non-Recyclable Items (12):

• 1 ravioli bag
• 1 toilet paper wrapper
• 1 toothpaste tube
• 2 Popsicle wrappers
• 1 Sweet Tarts wrapper
• 1 microwave popcorn wrapper
• 1 seal from hummus container
• 1 orange juice seal
• 1 Charleston Chew wrapper
• 1 pill package
• 1 soil bag (and here comes gardening season!)

Total Items: 13