We did it again. Jackman’s
Eco Team conducted another waste audit.
We saved all of Tuesday’s garbage to investigate
on Wednesday. The
information we gathered is really important.
We will use it to create new waste reduction projects.
Now what you’ve all been waiting for… the total mass of Tuesday’s
garbage... drum roll please… 11 kg!!!
Wow! Last year, we had 20 kg! Six years ago, we had 36kg! Now we're down to 11kg. Impressive! Our waste reduction strategies are working! Here
is a summary of what we found in Jackman’s garbage
Recyclables - about 1 kg (should have been recycled)
Some papers/paper scraps
and one cardboard box
3 juice boxes and some other drink containers
Some plastic food
containers (just rinse & recycle these)
Styrofoam containers (rinse and recycle these too)
Milk bags and plastic shopping
bags (yes, even bags can be recycled)
Food Waste - about 1 kg (should have been eaten or composted)
Pizza crusts, bread, half-eaten granola bars
Fruit - an apple, some grapes
Fruit scraps - banana peels, orange
peels, apple cores, pear core
Even some unopened/uneaten snacks
Paper Towels & Other Soiled Papers – about 2 kg
(should have been composted)
Lots of paper towels and tissues (put them in the city compost instead)
A few soiled paper plates
Real Garbage - a.k.a. LANDFILL - about 6 kg
(4kg less than last year)
LOTS of snack and candy
wrappers (What can we do to reduce this?)
11 single-use coffee cups
Craft materials (craft
sticks, pipe cleaners)
Black plastic (unfortunately, black plastic cannot be recycled here
in Toronto)
Broken glue guns and broken staplers
LOTS of photocopy carbons (RISO)
Latex gloves
Plastic straws
Reusables - about 1 kg (How did these get in the garbage?)
Pencils, markers, crayons, erasers,
paper clips, elastic bands, glue sticks
Marbles and Lego
A silver spoon and silver fork
Ziploc snack bags (these can be reused)
Jackman’s Eco Team is very excited! We will use this information to inspire our waste
reduction ideas. We want everyone to be
more mindful about waste. We aspire to
be 100% eco-friendly in everything
we do!
