I’ve been busy at church the last few months. I joined a new church last summer, and not only am I jumping in with regular church activities, but I was also preparing for our church’s 150th Anniversary celebration earlier this month cleaning, clearing, organizing and revitalizing the space. Church muscles were grown and I am…
A topic that came up in the Austin Zero Waste Lifestyle last week, and that I’ve actually gotten a lot of questions on in the past few months is prescription medicine bottles. So let’s discuss! Prescription medicine bottles, or what the City of Austin calls “pill bottle (empty)” are processed differently depending on where you…
I had the idea to do a little pilot program on my porch for some of the things I get asked about or that I end up taking for my neighbors. It was largely inspired by one particular neighbor who saves everything to talk with me about and how she can find a greener alternative…
It’s Buy Nothing Day! Consider doing non-purchasing activities like going outside, reading, self-care, crafting, or unsubscribing and unfollowing product pages and sites. Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday so find a local small business to support for items you do want to buy new and don’t forget experiences and secondhand items make wonderful gifts and use…
I just finished listening to “What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Justice to Despair” by Jane Fonda. This book was in the Social Action category of the United Women in Faith’s 2023 Reading Program. I remember hearing about the first red coat rally since I am a zero waste/tree hugger/green blogger, but I…
Tis shopping season! Don’t forget to cut the stickers off your plastic bags. Trash the paper stickers on plastic, and recycle plastic bags from clothes, gifts, groceries, etc. at a plastic bag recycling station. I am going through a season of no buttons/bands digging in on my waist so I had to order elastic waist…
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…
This is my son’s mostly reused Halloween costume. He was a flying robot, his decision. – Ikea and moving boxes for the body (recyclable) – paint and brushes we received from the Girl Scouts from a cleaning up their room at my church. This amount of paint on paper can be recycled since we didn’t…
Running recycling and donations around town today. So much to clear out from church and neighbors. Goodwill got a trunk full of old adding machines that were falling apart from a storage shed at church. Goodwill is one of the largest electronics recyclers in Texas. Austin Creative reuse received a bunch of craft supplies from…
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…