An Effort in Green

Recyclable Items (4):

• 2 containers from the Mondragon (one held salsa, the other vegan sour cream) (PL 2)
• 1 orange juice carton (plastic spout and lid)
• 1 envelope with window (from Visa bill)

Non-Recyclable Items (9):

• 2 apple turnover filling package
• 2 icing package from apple turnovers
• 1 dried mangoes bag
• 1 cereal bag
• 2 toilet paper wrappers
• 1 microwave popcorn wrapper

Total Items: 13

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!)

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Toilet paper wrappers:
I have convinced my mom to stop buying the toilet paper that is individually wrapped in plastic. However, we have a lot of it. So that's why it's still there. Also, the reason there's so much is because I live in a house with 3 other people, and we all use the same toilet paper roll, so I can't really separate it into "my toilet paper rolls" and the rest. In any case, hopefully they'll be gone soon!

Windows with envelopes:
I set up online banking, and now pay my Visa bills online. However, they still send me bills in the mail, and I'm not really sure how to stop that. So let me know if you know.

Diary Queen spoons:
At the end of this week, you will see a Dairy Queen spoon in my tally. And it may happen again during the summer. Just so you know, I ask for no spoon, because I bring my own from home. It's just that fast food type people aren't used to not giving away maximum garbage, so sometimes they forget by the time they actually give me my food. Ah well. So far it's been about 50/50, so they're doing alright.

• 1 orange juice carton (plastic spout and lid)
• 1 soy milk carton (plastic spout and lid)
• 1 7UP bottle (PETE 1) (this was my boyfriend's, but I shared, so on to the pile it goes!)
• 1 cookie package (PETE 1, but the wrap around it is garbage)
• 4 envelopes with windows

• 1 toilet paper wrapper
• 1 piece plastic wrap
• 1 bread bag
• 1 caramel apple pop wrapper
• 2 carton seals
• 1 pill package
• 1 mint wrapper

Total Items: 16