Day 1 of Waste Not

I produced one piece of trash here at home. It is a wrapper from some cheese that was almost gone... (Should've finished it yesterday!) But my dilemma for the day was throwing away paper towels after drying my hands at the school where I subbed. The sanitation thing, when working with kids who sneeze in your face (I actually felt spit hit my mouth twice today. Ugh.), is not optional. But I need to figure out how to carry something (a hand towel? Douglas Adams would be proud!) with me... Might have to have an entire backpack with reusable containers (for carry-out!), towels, eating utensils, my Nalgene, etc.

Here's a fledgling list of areas that we (yes, the thousands of us who read this blog) can address in this waste not conversation:

Food Production (production of meat, in particular)
Culture
Government
Automobiles / Gas Mileage
Religion
Family
Consumption

Shew!

:) Amy

Waste Not Begins!

Hello! So here's our collective waste not journal. It's a place to post inspiration, gleanings, frustrations and all ideas pertinent to the waste not paradigm. Please feel free to invite others to participate! It might be nice to sign off on posts, so we know who's been here.
More later,
Amy