Reduce your landfill imprint

I'm following the story in the URL I linked to this post and I am readily aware of how much trash I probably produce.

I am an avid consumer, frequently buy stuff at target on the cheap only to throw it out.

I have more than one eyeshadow pot containing a similar color to the others I have (dark violet being my favorite), and lots of dark reddish brown lipsticks (I'm brown skinned)

I have TONS of half used hair products and more than one aging cream product.

I will NOT buy L'oreal's skin genesis line until I use up Olay's definity stuff and my Avon anew stuff. I will NOT buy any new hair products until the old ones are gone.

But I can do more> From now on, when the kids want something that's packaged I'll consider the landfill imprint of that purchase as part of my criteria. For example, never again do I buy a barbie doll (we have enough)

And this Christmas? No wrapping paper purchases. I'm going to use newspaper that I already have - or old sheets and yarn. It'll look quainter, and also, it'll teach my kids a good lesson - more so, it'll help the earth, and help stop contributing to damage that I, a middle-class over-consumer have helped create.

This weekend is the initial purging of old junk (I had a yard sale with friends and did a lot of purging already. I'm going to donate all the stuffed animals and dolls we don't use that are in good condition here:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5663&Itemid=109

And then I'll be super mindful of not letting my kids nor I get out of control again.

Link

Mon. Sep 17, 10:24am

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