Making Cents Of It All

I am trying to do a  No Waste October . We went away for a few days and that made it a little harder.  My first complaint is junk mail. A lot of it can be recycled but not this plastic card. They email me the same coupons so why do they have to mail them also. Drives me crazy. There was more junk mail that went into the garbage as well.  On vacation I brought some single serve snacks.  They can't be recycled. Do you see a theme here? Chocolate. I try not to buy single serve snacks often for this reason but clearance candy is a weakness.  Next up is meat packaging.  There were more but my hands were a mess so I didn't get pictures. I don't want to touch my phone with raw chicken on my hands.  While we were away, the store only had potatoes in this bag or individually wrapped.  We got BK one day on vacation. I drank water from my water bottle so only the wrapper went into the garbage....

Oldest daughter is doing a No Waste October challenge and asked me if I wanted to join her. I am all about supporting my kids so I said I would. Hubby and the son are not participating so I will only be showing you what I do.  When she mentioned it last week, I had a few question? Can I still use toilet paper. I can get rid of lots of things but I have no interest in getting rid of toilet paper. She said I can make my own rules. So TP is in. So are female products. I know lots of you love Diva cups but I am sticking to what I use. Other then those 2 things I am pretty much in. I know I will have some garbage but I will be more aware of what I am doing.  I am already pretty good about limiting our garbage. Here are some of the ways I do it: I avoid food waste. This is one of my biggest annoyances. It is disgusting how much food ends up in landfills every day. Just so you know, I washed the baggies and metal tins so that I can reuse them. The water bottles wil...