Monday Night Trash Tally

One of my No Impact challenges for Day 1 was to collect all of my day's trash and take a look at the waste I create. I had to fish some stuff out of the trash throughout the day because I forgot that I couldn't just throw stuff into a receptacle to make it magically disappear. Just the process itself helped me be more conscious of how much garbage I produce, but actually taking everything apart and looking at what I would have sent to the landfill is pretty astounding and reminds me of how thoughtless my daily consumption routine is. Here's a list of my day's trash:

4 plastic bags

4 paper towels/napkins

4 slices of moldy sourdough

2 twisty ties

2 chip bags

1 applesauce lid and container

1/2 cauliflower stem

1/4 bunch of cilantro