14th January 2025
When I was growing up, households typically had a metal dustbin that that dustmen could lift into their shoulder tipping the contents into the truck. Now domestic dustbins are twice the size with wheels and are designed with handles which the dustbin truck latches onto in order to empty the bin. But not only do we have a much bigger dustbin, each house also has at least two large recycling boxes and a food recycling bin too. In 2022/3, annual waste per household varied from 450kg in the South West of England and 600kg in the North East. (1)
Whilst such waste is only a small portion of the waste we expect the Earth to absorb, domestic waste if something we can control – and curtail. Why not do a survey of what you discard each week?
Could any of it be reused?
Did you need to use in the first place? Might you not need to buy/ acquire it in the first place?
(1) https://www.statista.com/statistics/996467/regional-waste-volumes-england-united-kingdom-uk/
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