Reply #1: Cool. Weve almost become a "zero waste" family within the last few months

[Oregone]

In many places weve lived since moving to Canada, they simply pick up the garbage ever other week, and not very much of it. So if we didn't change how we do things, we get backed up with crap.

So we just totally removed the garbage cans from our house. We have none at all. And its amazing how little you actually need. Just throw food in the compost, separate your paper and plastic, and you are solid. The only problem we can't get by easily is diapers for kids.

The motto in our town is "zero waste", and they pretty much force us to do it. But its nice knowing that you can do it, and its also sad knowing what you used to do