What to Do With Your Waste?
Compost
Save it from landfill or water waste (via garbage disposal)
- Use a Backyard Compost Bin
- Help a neighbor set up their own compost or worm bin
- Worm Compost Indoors
- Use a Church Compost Bin
- Lomi-type electric recycler – food scraps to compost in less than 24 hrs!
- Curbside compost pickup:
Utilities
- Sign up for yard waste pick up with your local waste hauler
- Right-size your trash cart and pay only for what you throw away
- Recycle:
- Learn about what can and cannot be recycled at your local recycling center! Take a tour if you can!
- Take single-stream recyclables to your local Recycling Center
Reuse
- Prioritize buying reusable items, high-quality products, and items made with recycled content
- In the long-term you’ll save money, waste, and natural resources!
- Use cloth napkins and cloth rags instead of paper napkins and towels
Shop Responsibly
- Choose to support brands and products with recyclable and biodegradable packaging
- Laundry and dish detergent
- Dental Floss that's refillable/biodegradable
- Toilet Paper, Tissues, Paper Towels
- Buy in bulk, ideally filling your own reusable containers
- Reach out and tell your favorite companies what you would like to see in their product packaging.
- Consumer preferences have a big impact!
Help a Friend, Join a Community!
- Get involved with FOCO Trash Mob
- Share knowledge and tools with neighbors and friends
- Make sure neighbors know they can right-size their trash can and that you are happy to lend them tools or other household items so they don’t have to buy their own
- Join and help facilitate a zero-waste group on Social Media
Know The Facts
- Mining resources exploit the earth and other humans
- Reusing and recycling uses less energy (95% less for aluminum)