How much garbage do you generate?

frankly we do throw a lot of garbage but then most of it is green so I reuse the vegetable peels etc. for my compost bin…on a daily basis there is around half a bag of black bag and almost that much of green bag garbage…..

Only two of us, and we generate about half a bag a week of non recyclables.. plus a bag of cardboard. plastics, cans etc which our local council collect for recycling every other week.

6 kids, 2 adults, 1 dog, 2 cats and a guinea pig. We create about 3 black sacks per fortnight, we recycle all paper, plastic, glass and garden waste.

I was just thinking about all the extra waste products at Christmas. We should all try hard to recycle all that packaging.

About a bag per week, but about 3 or 4 for recycling. I can do better, I know. There is a community compost dump about a block away, but our city cleaning crew was a bit slow this year, so we had very slippery, icy sidewalks to contend with and blowing snow on some days. I’ll do better as we get closer to spring.

We started putting seperate trashcans in our factory to recycle wood, paper, plastic etc and we were able to cut down our waste by 70% within a month!

We started putting seperate trashcans in our factory to recycle wood, paper, plastic etc and we were able to cut down our waste by 70% within a month!

Well done, that shows how much difference a fairly small change can make. I think all businesses should be required to recycle.

our family of four generates alot of garbage, we easily went over the alotted here in toronto, almost every week, but we just got a compactor! and it works great!

we just need one for our recycling now!

I’d say that between two room mates and myself we produce maybe two or three bags by the time garbage day comes around every other week.

I recycle as much as possible so my garbage ends up being mostly from the cat’s litter tray! I do get really annoyed when I see how much people send to landfill without even thinking about it. I believe in some countries like Holland and Germany it is mandatory to recycle household waste.
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We do not quite fill up our trash can weekly. There are 2 adults and 3 kids in our home. We compost, I make most of my cleaning and personal care products and cook from scratch.

Right now, it’s probably three grocery bags a week of refuge that heads out the door of my home.

On average we fill our can half way once a week. Sometimes less and others more. It depends on the time of the year. We throw more away during holidays, not so much wrapping but the packaging that things come in.

Our trash collection company removes items from our trash that can be recycled. I am sure if we had to remove our own items we would have even less trash every week.

Yeah I thought just about all facilities did that now, but we do have separate cans — green, recycle, and garbage.