An Effort in Green

• 2 orange juice cartons (plastic spout and lid)
• 1 plastic cup from the dentist (PS 6) (They just handed it to me. There was nothing I could do except take it home so it would at least be recycled.)

• 3 toilet paper wrappers
• 2 bread bags
• 2 microwave popcorn wrappers
• 1 orange juice seal
• 2 nut pilaf wrappers
• 1 Styrofoam take-out container (I know, there's no excuse for this one, but I was so hungry!)
• 1 plastic spoon (see above) (Once I start remembering to carry cutlery this won't be a problem.)

• 1 milk jug (HDPE 2)
• 1 orange juice carton (plastic spout and lid)
• 1 chocolate soy milk carton (plastic spout)
• 1 shampoo bottle (HDPE 2)
• 1 margarine container (PP 5)

• 1 cheese slice wrapper
• 1 apple bag
• 2 bread bags
• 1 toilet paper wrapper
• 2 microwave popcorn wrappers
• 1 mint wrapper
• 1 seal from margarine container
• 2 CD wrappers
• 1 orange juice seal
• 3 bulk bags
• 1 toothpaste tube
• 1 pill package

 

• 1 cookie package (PLA 7) (also contained some plastic wrap which is non-recyclable)

• 3 bread bags
• 2 cheese slice wrappers
• 3 toilet paper wrappers
• 2 microwave popcorn wrappers
• 1 highlighter
• 2 packages from Spanish pilaf
• 2 burrito wrappers
• 1 orange juice seal
• 1 pasta container

 

• 1 orange juice carton (plastic lid and spout)
• 1 cannelloni package (PETE 1) (it also had some plastic wrap which is non-recyclable)
• 2 envelopes with windows (1 recycled, 1 set aside for reuse)

• 1 potato bag
• 1 carrot bag
• 1 caramel apple pop wrapper
• 2 toilet paper wrappers
• 1 bag from triangle buns
• 1 dried mangoes bag
• 1 mint wrapper
• 1 window from cannelloni box
• 1 bunch of price tag attachers
• 1 focaccia bread bag (not pictured)

• 1 orange juice carton (plastic lid and spout)
• 1 soy milk carton (plastic lid and spout)
• 1 blueberries container (PETE 1)

• 1 caramel apple pop wrapper
• 1 take-out container (Styrofoam part isn't recyclable because my city doesn't do take-out containers for some reason, but the lid (PS 6) should be)
• 1 tea bag package
• 1 microwave popcorn package
• 1 wrapper from Wonder Hangers (a neat idea, though not as awesome as the commercials make them seem...)
• 1 bread bag
• 1 orange juice seal
• 1 toilet paper wrapper

I'll start with the apology. I haven't posted in 3 weeks! So if I have any loyal readers yet, I apologise to you. I'm promising myself that I will catch up this weekend. I'm posting this at 6:30 a.m., not because I'm a morning person, but because I never went to bed. I can't wait to graduate.

Anyway, on to the real topic. I'm a strong believer that the little things really do add up. So they are still worth doing. What made me think of this was a toilet paper roll. I finished a toilet paper roll in a bathroom at school, and instead of a regular cardboard tube, there were two smaller ones, and they still held the roll together fine! Maybe that's common, I don't know, but I'd never seen it before. It made me think: Imagine how much cardboard we'd save if every toilet paper roll in the world had no middle section! We'd be removing roughly a third of all cardboard used for that purpose, and there are a lot of toilet paper rolls in the world.

There's no big, inspiring point or anything. Just a reminder, like the one I was given by that toilet paper roll, that the little things matter. So don't give up!

• 1 orange juice carton (plastic lid and spout)
• 1 raspberries container (PETE 1)
• 1 Cool Whip container (PP 5)

• 1 container from pizza dipping sauce
• 1 Mini Eggs bag (actually ate them last week but forgot to put the bag in my collection)
• 1 Swedish Berries bag
• 1 icing container from cinnamon sticks (with pizza) (not pictured)
• 1 perogies bag (not pictured)
• 1 bread bag (not pictured)
• 1 pill package
• 1 dried mangoes bag
• 1 orange juice seal
• 1 toilet paper wrapper
• 1 microwave popcorn wrapper
• 1 icing container from cinnamon buns