A bunch of weeks ago, I decided to make like envy and get green: start composting, stop buying stuff with excess packaging, etc. Despite a few setbacks, I'm glad to say I'm seeing some major improvements.
My indoor and outdoor compost bins are getting a workout. I fill up my little kitchen bucket almost every day, then transport those food scraps out to the big boy in the backyard. I've turned the material in the big one a couple times, and am surprised to see everything still looks like what it went in as. Like, nothing has decomposed as far as I can tell.
Whatevs.
I also got more consistent in using cloth diapers on our youngest AND got serious about potty-training Mae Cake. That is a huge load (get it??? ahahahaha!!!) off our garbage output.
Here's the exciting part (it might be more exciting if you have a shot of tequila, I'm just saying): our family went from having a heaping-full garbage can every week to filling about two 13-gallon kitchen bags. Winning!
I'm going to call my "waste management service provider" and request a smaller can starting next month. Winning AND saving money? Yes.
"Smaller can". Ha.
