Article: "The zero-waste home"

 From Northern California. Blogger Amy Alkon was scornful of this, but
it looks interesting to me!

http://www.sunset.com/home/natural-home/zero-waste-home-0111-00418000069984/

Lenona.

  Lenona wrote:


For a good reason, zero waste isnt even possible.


Minimising waste may be.

 

Got a link to that scornful Blog?

I also try to reduce waste. But I don't go to such extremes.
1) we have 5 canvas tote bags to carry home our groceries.
  But sometimes we have to use a plastic or paper bag.
2) We fill a curbside recycling tip cart in about 1 month.
3) Our 30 gal garbage tip cart is only ever half full each
  week. Pretty good for a family of 4.
4) We buy a lot of bulk items and fresh produce to reduce
   packaging.
5) We reuse the plastic bags that the bulk food is bought in.
6) We also reuse a lot of the plastic tubs and trays that
  some foods are packaged in.
7) The most extreme thing I do is to collect rain water in
  a barrel and use it to wash the car.

We don't live much differently from most people.  And if you
came into our house it wouldn't look too different tham most
others. Until you went around back and saw the rain barrel.
But other than that...

 
I do. (She's a syndicated libertarian columnist, I should have
mentioned.)

http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2011/01/16/the_ridiculousn.html#comme=
nts

I cannot believe those like Kate Coe. Quote (from the blog):

"Why is reducing consumption supposed to be a good thing? People get
paid to make things, sell things, repair things, recycle things. I buy
more old stuff than new, but that's merely a function of taste than
any position on consumption. I like employment for myself and others."

Well, duh, because if you think recycling is silly, at least less
consumption means less recycling -and less pollution?

As a later sarcastic commentator said: "So, yes, bulldozing everything
is perfectly acceptable. Hey, go break a bunch of windows today.
You'll be creating jobs..."


Lenona.

 Lenona wrote:

Sarcastic? Probably not. Probably just Bastiat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window



Les Cargill