An Effort in Green

Recyclable Items (3)

• 1 soy milk carton
• 1 lasagna container (PETE 1)
• 1 envelope with window

Non-Recyclable Items (2):

• 1 perogies bag
• 1 soy milk seal

Total Items: 5

Note: This is week 52! Holy mackerel! I've been doing this for a whole year!

Recyclable Items (1)

• 1 soy milk carton

Non-Recyclable Items (5):

• 1 advent calendar wrapper
• 1 Halloween candy wrapper
• 1 toothpaste tube
• 2 carton seals

Total Items: 6

Recyclable Items (1)

• 1 shampoo bottle (HDPE 2) (I actually use solid shampoo now. I just figured I should finish this bottle off)

Non-Recyclable Items (3):

• 1 cereal bag
• 1 pill package
• 1 fruitlets bag

Total Items: 4

Recyclable Items (2)

• 1 soy milk carton
• 1 hot chocolate tin lid (LDPE 4)

Non-Recyclable Items (5):

• 1 soy milk seal
• 1 Styrofoam soup bowl
• 1 microwave popcorn package
• 1 cheese slice wrapper
• 1 gingerbread man wrapper

Total Items: 7

Today I thought I'd write a quick post highlighting some of the more ridiculous uses of disposable plastic I've seen since starting this plastic-avoiding adventure of mine.

What you see to the left is probably my favourite (least favourite?) example. Those are t-shirts from the souvenir shop at the Assiniboine Park Zoo. They come in plastic tubes. Seriously. I don't even know what more to say about this one...

To the right, witness the plastic resulting from a meal at Salisbury House. This wasn't even take out. I ate inside. As if it wasn't bad enough having to navigate the meat-eaters-oriented menu, my butter and syrup come beside my pancakes in little plastic cartons. As a frame of reference, at other, similar breakfast-specialising restaurants, pancakes usually come with a pile of butter on the plate, and syrup comes in glass jugs.

And last but not least, we have this monstrosity, from Folklorama. Even if you just needed a spoon for your ice cream, you had to take a fork, spoon, knife, sugar packet, and napkin, all wrapped together in a big plastic bag. I chose to eat my ice cream without cutlery instead. Now that's dedication. (Actually it was pretty fun.)

Now it's your turn! Tell us about the worst uses of disposable plastic (or even packaging in general) that you've ever seen.

Recyclable Items (1)

• 1 orange juice carton

Non-Recyclable Items (3):

• 1 cereal bag
• 1 microwave popcorn wrapper
• 1 bread bag (not pictured) (thanks to a mix-up at the bakery)

Total Items: 4

Recyclable Items (0)

Non-Recyclable Items (5):

• 1 Styrofoam soup bowl
• 1 microwave popcorn wrapper
• 1 juice box straw
• 2 restaurant mint wrappers
  

Total Items: 5

Not a new record, but if I was weighing my plastic each week like Fake Plastic Fish it might be a new record for that!