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Website Spotlight: 365 Days of Trash

by Peggy on April 30th, 2008

365 Days of Trash is an exciting and rather noble green blog revolving around an experiment.

Although the blog’s author Dave still gathers his garbage, but he doesn’t throw it away exactly. He keeps it in his basement.

Here’s why in Dave’s words from his FAQs:

Actually believe it or not, this was an idea that a friend and I came up with (although it is hardly a unique one) that I really wanted to try. We were talking about the idea of throwing things “away” and how “away” is just that, somewhere other than here. It occurred to us that it is easy to waste because we are not confronted with that waste since it goes “away” and then began to wonder how our choices would differ if we had to keep everything in a pile in the backyard. So the idea is to keep everything for a year and in doing so, be able to see how much waste I create and how much I can avoid.

365 Days of Trash features daily posts about “Today’s Haul.” Dave lists what he’s taking to the basement and what will ultimately happen to it: recycling, trash or worm composter (leftover food goes to the worms immediately). And he washes some things before taking them to the basement. Also, there are a few things he will actually take “away” for health reasons. So, this is a sensible experiment.

Right now, Dave’s at around day 120. So, stop by and visit him.

Would listing and keeping your trash help you examine what you consume?

Image via flickr.

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