I consider myself an eco-friendly human being… or at least I did.
Dozens of cardboard boxes and two overflowing trash totes later, I came to a few concerning conclusions.
Let us (dumpster) dive in.
This number is surprisingly low.
But back home at my permanent residence in Lake Placid?
My mudroom can fill up to the ceiling with cardboard inno exaggerationjust a few days.
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Turns out, I use paper towels for everything.Spilled some coffee?
Snacking on some mid-day cookies?
Microwaving a Hot Pocket?
I have a problem, and its really not good.
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On a global scale, its estimated that254 million tons of paper towelsare thrown away annually.
Paper is pulp, and where does pulp come from?
Its no excuse, but there are things I do here that I normallyneverdo at home.
Take drinking water and single-use plastic, for example.
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Itsreportedly safe to drink,but talk to the locals and theyll tell you otherwise.
Same goes for things like K-cups.
Lets go back to the paper towels.
For the longest time, I was convinced you could recycle them.
Some of my friends agreed with meits paper, right?
If they have food waste on them, aka spilled coffee or Hot Pocket residue, you cant.
Pizza boxes and coffee cups are the same way.
Again, wrong, thanks to that food residue.
I think if you wash your single-use coffee cup out you might be able to get away with it?
But who knowsI sure dont.
And dont even get me started on the more specific stuff, like batteries and lightbulbs.
Where do they go?
Once again, TBD.
This is all to say I know Im not the only one who feels this way.
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