Baby Steps to Reduce Your Personal Waste

Baby steps, baby steps, but start reducing your waste NOW. Think intently about every single thing you throw away (Can I reuse this?) and every single thing you buy (Do I really need this?). Everything, from a napkin to a car.

Start small with the napkins, with the ziploc bags, with the aluminum foil, and work your way up.

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[Yarcofin]

I thought about using cloth napkins a few weeks ago. I wonder what tiny percentage of people do it. I don't want to use cloth handkerchiefs for blowing my nose or wiping my ass, but I don't see why a person wouldn't want to use a cloth napkin. That's a minimum 30 pieces of paper per month you aren't using any more. Do the same for using cloths instead of paper towels to clean as well. Just throw both into the laundry you're already going to do anyway when you're done.

[ghostwriter511]

Exactly what I'm going for. Although, it wouldn't hurt if people started to use handkerchiefs or cloth diapers again.

Those disposable diapers generate A LOT of waste.

[Kirilltraceur]

well said!

but we dont have the time :/

[Xornvestite]

My dad made a target practice backstop out of several hundred diapers. (I don't know where he got them.) Anyway, this was maybe 15 years ago, and those damn diapers are still sitting in the back yard. They're tattered and weather-beaten, but the plastic coating and the absorbent goo inside them are still lying around. In 15 more years, that shit will still be there.

[SocialDeviant77]

Good stuff sir. Thank you.

[ItsFilthy]

great suggestions...these kinds of baby steps (along with many others) will lead to a mind set of personal responsibility and action that can evolve into a totally new way of thinking and living. It's all about starting on that new path. Respect!

[Yarcofin]

Plus when you go to a wedding or a fancy restaurant, they're always using cloth napkins.

"Save the environment" while living high class!

[AdamHintz]

Being mindful of our daily activities is paramount for finding less harmful ways to live. Every move we make towards a sustainable way of life saves our grandchildren from much pain and suffering. Great Video.

[poptartjesusathf]

Good advice.