Great news! Kirkland/Costco frozen organic strawberries‘ bag is recyclable! The How2Recycle label on the back of the bag says once it’s clean and dry it can go to any store plastic bag recycling station! Many frozen food bags are not recyclable because they are mixes of different plastics and can’t be separated. Look for the…
Great news! Graham cracker bags are now recyclable! The How2Recycle label on the bottom says to recycle when it’s clean and dry (hence my wet one since I rinsed out crumbs) at a store drop off for plastic bags recycling. Bag drop offs are usually at the front or right inside the door. Please don’t…
🔥 Got FirehouseSubs to-go containers? If they look like these: cardboard/egg carton type material and tear, they’re compostable. ✒️P.S. I’m not specifically calling out Firehouse Subs, this is just what keeps ending up on my porch. 🗑If the paper snags a bit like it’s stuck (modern butcher paper), it’s coated in plastic and should be…
Several of my neighbors posted reuse suggestions earlier this month after a neighbor asked about her Blue Apron freezer bag. I’m sharing their tips here since I think they’re great ideas to try out. “I have attached 2 PVC pipe to an exterior spigot as additional spigots and insulated it with that black foam tube.…
Pie pans can be recycled in your curbside carts. Make sure to clean and dry them. These are from chicken pot pies. One came in a paper bakery box and one was shrink wrapped. See Compost: Pie Box for how to process the box. Trash any plastic film or plastic windows from boxes. Put the…
Food soiled paper can be composted. Trash any plastic film and you can put the food-soiled paper in your compost cart or compost system at home. If you can’t poke your finger through it, it’s cellophane and goes in the trash. If at home, take the stickers off as they may not break down properly…
I just finished a Lot Salt and you can recycle this IF you take it apart, otherwise trash it if it’s intact. All three parts can be recycled once disassembled. Cardboard in your single stream recycling carts and the plastic and metal in Scrap Metal and Hard Plastics at your recycling center. Remember that if…
I had real coffee cups and real plates for local food this morning at Brentwood Social House. It was a peaceful and small place to have a booster club planning meeting. Parking was clean and easy too! #realcups #realplates #local #coffee #scone #zerowaste #alittlemoregreen #boosterclub #momlife
When I think of event coffee, like at church or a class, I think of either Styrofoam cups or to-go coffee cups. Coffee comes in a variety of types: brewed on site and stored in carafes, single-serve to-go gallon servings like from Starbucks, or in Texas, plastic jugs of cold brew. Sometimes there are sweeteners…
Ask you shall receive. I’ve been meaning to add chopsticks to my compost education board of items that can be composted. All food-related wood can be composted: popsicle sticks, kabob sticks or skewers and chopsticks. I don’t have any in the house and I wasn’t sure I had any in my utensil collection bin from…