I am definitely more into this resolution than Bret. We are currently on vacation. He decided we could be a little lax about our trash. I have convinced him otherwise.
However, we did not have any of our grocery items (produce bags, shopping bags, plastic containers) nor do we know the lay of the land well. We found a Fresh Market, but they didn't have organic milk in a bottle. So we could have gotten gross milk in a recyclable plastic bottle or organic milk in a non-recyclable carton. I chose the carton. When we have to go between helping the environment and helping animals, I will choose animals every time. You might say one purchase makes no difference, but I can't live my life that way. If one action changes nothing, what is the point of anything? I'd rather be an idealist than live a life without hope for the future.
Our renewed problem is going out to eat and getting straws. So we have racked up some straws on this trip. We MUST remember to ask for no straws. It is shocking how many people just put the straw in the drink for you. So unnecessary.
So we made no trash on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday's trash was due to a miscommunication Bret went to get me a chai from Panera while I waited in the car with Audrey. I gave him my to-go cup, but he didn't know he had to give it to the barista when he ordered. He told the guy he had his own coffee mug and the guy I guess thought he meant he was going to go put the self-serve coffee in it for he never asked for the mug. The cup was paper, but the lid was plastic. It will go in our "ours" pile because I really should have gone in to get my own chai.
It is also hard ot keep audrey from making trash. She wanted jelly on her bread and one of my nephews' juice boxes. How do we deny her what they have when we are all together. So I made trash.
Lord love a duck! This resolution is trying.
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