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Monday, March 14, 2005 - (see all news for this day)
linerless kitchen bin - 09:31 AM
(filed under 'green living')
i haven't used a liner in my kitchen bin for a week now. i got the idea from the the newsletter of the moonpads lady.
basically, you save your old newspapers & anything that goes into the kitchen bin which is wet or dirty, you wrap it in paper & then throw it in there. easy as. it's been working quite well. shroom's doing okay, although he has forgotten with a banana skin & a tea bag.
if you're wondering why i'm doing this, it's for two reasons. firstly, it helps cut down on the use of plastics which take ages to biodegrade. the secondary reason is that it's good for saving money. i guess one other environmentally friendly thing which comes from doing it this way is that the contents of the bin, once they're at the rubish tip, rather than being protected in a plastic bag, will be exposed to sun & rain & biodegrade much more quickly.
Read Will's comment... LOL on the McDonald's line.
I believe you can educate both of your men to use papers when disposing the refuse. At least it won't deplete the ozone.
Or even better, why dont you start a compost bin by putting all your veggie waste, inside of teabags etc in to the bin and you will have great furtiliser for your garden
Or even better, why dont you start a compost bin by putting all your veggie waste, inside of teabags etc in to the bin and you will have great furtiliser for your garden
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As long as they don’t bury it. Environmental groups have found that if they bury the garbage, you be able to read the articles in that newspaper 50 years from now.
I don't want this to dampen your efforts, it's just something I learned during my more "green" phase in college---that hyper responsible era of my life that had me being environmentally obnoxious to McDonald employees because of their use of certain types of Styrofoam ---and all they wanted to was collect a paycheck and go home.
But what you’re doing is good. Keep it up. Teach your little man good habits—the boy I mean, not Shroom (although you can educate Shroom, too, any way you see fit, if you like).