I didn't know that about the potato skins and the chimney! Huh!
I am pretty close to zero waste, but not scrupulous about it (that's good for my mental health; the OCD can still rear it's head on occasion). The vast majority of my waste is kitty litter scooping. In second place is tissues from when I run out of handkerchiefs, but I just bought a box of 8 to add to the four I had sewed, so there will be less of that now. I have allergies, there is a lot of nose blowing in my life. 😂 What's left in the trash is just odds and ends after that, especially now that I have a compost system going!
I've lived in this apartment for over ten years, and in that time I bought one box of tiny size trash bags; I still have one from that box, lol. I use whatever packaging happens my way: the bag from toilet roll, or kitty kibble, for example, and that's enough to contain my trash. So I think I'm doing okay.
I use an old cloth shopping bag whose handle broke to hold my recycleables, and probably fill it once a week or so, in addition.
THAT! IS AWESOME!!
I put the litter in the composting toilet! LOL Kleenex composts! :) I love that you are leaing a zero carbon footprint!! That is incredible in my eyes!!!
Well, I'm not zero carbon, but doing a lot better than your average American! LOL I actually did a survey from an old Sierra magazine just recently, and I believe I came in just shy of half the carbon footprint of an average American; once I get my tiny house, which is the goal, I will be near a quarter. Which still would be more than one Earth if everyone lived that way!! I've been thinking of making a post about that quiz, it's really interesting. My current apartment gets points for being in a big building, but it's in the middle category for being 600some square feet, and it's really inefficient as far as insulation and such goes. Drafts, I have drafts. 😂
would love that post on the quiz! We are working towards zero here. Getting closer every day! :)
How great that you want a tiny home. Ours is 16x16. Looking to go small earthship one day :)
I love earthships, too. I would be happy with an earthship, a cob house, a tiny house on wheels or foundation ...I just want a small space I can handle!