Lynnhurst Friends

Beautiful day to walk the neighborhood and pick up trash. I average about one bag/mile walked.

Please call your state senator: Call your State Senator and ask them to support SF3561 - the Packaging Waste & Cost Reduction Act. Packaging adds unnecessary costs to our communities for trash management and it pollutes our environment. The Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act (SF3561 / HF3577) holds producers responsible for these...

Minnesota bill would make brands pay to recycle packaging, plastics under extended producer responsibility (startribune.com)

I will sew reusable bags and create "To Go bags" that include utensils, small glass jar, stainless steel container, cloth napkin, cotton washcloth, cotton handkerchief & a small "wet bag" for items that need to be cleaned.

I used the linked Plastic Footprint Calculator and found I have a personal plastic footprint of 28.4 pounds/year. This matches up with my waste audit of a little less than 1 pound/week for two people. Always room to improve and reduce plastic use.

Good article from Plascene.com linked in the 'Learn More' button. We try to avoid #3 or #6 plastics. Sometimes they arrive with something you order. I'd like to send it back to the company that sent it to me.

I did a waste audit of our compost, recycling, and garbage. Compost was 5.2 pounds Recycling was 7.8 pounds Garbage was 15 ounces Cat litter (added to garbage bin) was 2.8 pounds I was happy to see we had less than a pound of garbage. The picture is our 2-person household garbage for the week. All plastic or plastic coated paper. Valentine's...

I saved the small pots and trays from my community garden last year and post them for free on Nextdoor. Saves the black plastic rom the trash.

I dropped off a stack of plastic PakTech tops at 44 France Wines & Spirits. They have a collection bin at the liquor store exit.

I watched 'The Plastic Problem' the 2019 PBS NewsHour Documentary. We only recycle 9% of plastic. Most of it is put in landfills. Manufacturers are pushing back on taking responsibility for their products.