Trash Record Research Paper

Trash Journal In this three day trash recording process I decided to track every item I threw away, when I was at work or on campus, on my phone. Tracking the trash on my phone, in my notes the day I was on campus and at work, was easy since it is something I have on me most of the time. I was very conscious of the things I was threw away because I had to remember to take note of it. I would say that it was a reliable way to track the trash I threw away. When I was home, I would track the trash on a notecard. It was easier for me to track it on a notecard at home because I didn’t want to be on my phone as much. I used one notecard for the three days. Both were efficient ways, depending on my setting, to track items being thrown away. The most common item I threw away depended on if I was at home or at work/on campus. The most common item thrown away at work and during classes were napkins. I packed two meals one day because I worked and I was on campus and didn’t have time to go home for lunch, …show more content…
I could have rinsed them out, dried them, and reused them for other purposes. I threw away kombucha bottle that I could’ve reused many times. The bottle is made of glass so I could’ve washed it and reuse it as a water bottle, a vase, a coin container, and many other things. I also threw away a peanut butter jar instead of cleaning it out and reusing it or recycling it. What to do with the peanut butter jar was difficult because one of my roommates is allergic to peanut butter so, if I cleaned it out I could’ve gotten peanut butter on things I don’t pay much attention to and that would’ve been too risky. I also could’ve composted my fruits and vegetable peels, but that’s little harder when you live in an apartment. That was an obstacle for me because I wanted to compost them, I just didn’t have the right resources to do so because of where I