Zero Trash For A Week!

I am really happy to share that we have not thrown away a single piece of trash for a week now.

Yes, there is nothing in our garbage compartment.

ZERO TRASH!

All paper, plastics, cans and glass bottles have been recycled.

All organic wastes have been composted in the garden. I do this daily.

All cat poo and urine balls (with OKO Plus litter) have been flushed down the toilet or buried in the garden.

I sent the recyclable materials to this Tzu Chi Recycling Centre in Goodyear Court 5 USJ this morning.

Location: 283, Persiaran Kewajipan, Usj 8, 47600 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

I shall be using this regularly as Tzu Chi is very committed to recycling. Master Cheng Yen was known to use a piece of paper multiple times before recycling it. First, she would write in pencil, then in pen, and in pen in another colour and finally, in Chinese brush. All on both sides, of course.

For those residing in Subang Jaya, Ti-Ratana also has a recycling collection point at Summit Mall.

There are two bins at the entrance. Just separate your recyclable materials, pack them and put them into the bins.

As I drove off, another car arrived and a couple brought their recyclables as well.

So, if an ordinary householder like me can do this and achieve zero trash, so can anyone!

Let no whale or any marine life die of ingesting our plastic wastes, please.

Reduce, reuse, recycle.  

For those who eat meat or deal with cooked bones (after making home-prepared cooked petfood), if you know how best to dispose of bones without throwing them away, please do share by leaving a comment in this blogpost. I found this forum:
https://www.helpfulgardener.com//forum/viewtopic.php?t=13234

Raw bones can be given to dogs and cats, but not cooked bones as it splinters.

This is one of the response from the forum:

Bones are full of very good things that can really enhance compost and therefore your soil. In an open compost pile – yes, they stink and attract critters. However, in an enclosed composter they will become dirt in just 3 or 4 weeks. I have a barrel composter that tumbles the contents and has an air manifold. On a good day it gets near 170 degrees . Even in the evening it can stay around 140 degrees. Some will probably call me a liar, but when you keep it moist, moving, well aerated and in a black sealed bin in the Texas sun, it gets really hot.

There is a very slight sweet (rotting) smell initially but within 48 hours the heat has denatured any tissue so the odor dissipates. I can’t say for sure, but I suppose the slight smell could attract rats or mice, but they are quickly disappointed as the unit is well off the ground and sealed.

Large bones get a few wacks with a 5 lb. sledge hammer, but chicken bones or pork ribs go in whole. Three weeks later you can’t find anything bigger than a pea. I think the high temps I get are helped along by Houston summer temperatures Bottom line – if you have the equipment bones are great. If you don’t- not so good.

Source: https://myanimalcare.org/2017/07/01/zero-trash-for-a-week/

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