No Trash Week: October 7 - October 13
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA on 10. 7.07
No Trash Week starts today! Celebrate this week-long event by not creating any waste. Sound like a tall order? Eh, kinda, but with tips for dealing with the packaging, plastic and paper you encounter every day, projects to help you prepare -- like composting, buying in bulk and stopping junk mail -- and a forum to help hash out your questions, issues and difficulties with cutting the trash out of your life, you can get a lot closer than you might think.
The Seattle-based organizers of the event do recognize the inherent difficulties with going zero waste -- "The way our society is currently structured makes it very difficult for any individual to produce zero garbage." -- so they recommend setting a tough but reasonable goal and going for it. Leave your ideas and experiences in the forum, and good luck! ::No Trash Week via ::Hugg
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I really want to do this, but I don't compost so I don't think I can. Still, I think I'll try to eliminate all waste except things that could theoretically be composted.
Sometimes it's the thought that counts :) No worries if you can't compost, I haven't been able to until recently!
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