The Problem With Takeout

It's the busy time of year: BACK TO SCHOOL.

It's exciting; it's exhausting.  We don't always feel like cooking when we get home.  I love takeout, but what I don't love is this:

 

There is no horror greater than Styrofoam.  Alas, what's the alternative?  We are on pretty good terms with the taqueria closest to our house.  They *might* let us bring reusable containers.  But the others, not so sure.  Plus, part of what saves time is getting delivery.  We need to figure out how to do this.

Drought

I got this insert in the most recent water bill:

 

 

Really?  It takes a drought to prompt these measures?  Aren't these common sense precautions that anyone who understands the finite nature of natural resources would be practicing daily?  Ugh.  Still feeling cynical, perhaps.

 

 

We use about 6CCF of water monthly, on a pretty consistent basis.  That's about $43 worth of water every month. What do other people spend?  We are a family of five, who mostly all use the toilet and don't have any grass.  We keep the showers short.  Maybe there are other ways to conserve? We need to harvest the graywater.

All U Can Eat

Every Monday is trash collection day on my street.  Usually, I keep the zero waste efforts pretty positive, but lately, I have noticed that I get pretty cynical on Monday mornings.  Two of my kids go to a daycare about two blocks from our house, and I push them there in the stroller every morning.  On Mondays, frankly I'm horrified by the amount of junk I see pushed out to the curb just in the two short blocks we travel.  This morning, I found myself thinking about Ben Folds.

Ben Folds - All U Can Eat