1.) We only have a farmers market in town on Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays. Unfortunately, my family eats fresh foods all the other days of the week.
2.) Since we started the Waste month my family has only been home 5 days. Five days in two and a half weeks. Recycling and shopping at farmers markets has proven difficult when you are on the road.
But, on the positive side we have looked at how we waste food and energy and this crazy month has been good in these ways:
1.) When needing a dress for a function this weekend, I looked in the back of my closet and found the perfect dress. No need to go purchase a new one.
2.) Traveling on the road for so many days has cut our electric bill way down since we haven't been home.
3.) Grocery shopping has been limited to only what we will consume in the next 48 hours. When we are home we are eating out of our freezer and pantry.
4.) EVERYTHING gets recycles when we are home. Just this morning I opened a new bar of soap for my husband. It was packaged in this cool paper wrapper. Rather than throw it in the trash, I walked it back to our paper/cardboard recycling bin. Little things like that are a victory for me. More and more of those add up to less and less trash.
So while not a stellar record for the month, it has been eye-opening for sure.
