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It’s also, for our purposes, incredibly useful. So at the end of August, three of us spent a couple hours sorting through 5 big blue bins of recyclables, and recorded the results. This was intended to be a preliminary audit, just to see what sort of plastic materials we would encounter and in what volumes. For reference, common energy's 2014 waste audit was about 20 times bigger than ours, with 400kg sorted, to our 20kg. Regardless, sorting recyclable containers was super helpful for insight into material flows and waste habits of students on campus.This was the first audit of UBC's recycling stream where we sorted out plastics by their Resin Identification Code. 12 bins (7 plastic, 5 other): Contents of the containers recycling... so it's disconcerting that more than 50% was compost and contamination [red part]. Hopefully our sample size was too small and this is not indicative of the general trend. Fortunately, there was a bunch of useful plastic that we found as well:15.3% PET--mostly drink bottles.5.1% PP--bottle caps, spoons and black sushi containers5.2% PLA--corn plastic, found in food containers and smoothie cups"Container" tream contents by volumeWe learned that 44% of the recycling contents was actually compost.

In other words, we need to start rinsing our sushi containers, and separating the bottom from the top plastic bit, before tossing them. Polyethylene Terephthalate (PETE) or #1 is the most common form of plastic. Totalling 15.3% of the waste, the things made from PETE include water bottles and the plastic bits of sushi containers. Even though we went almost full hazmat, courtesy of our close friends at Common Energy, we could have used a few additional barriers between us and the gooey plastic.how much sushi does the average japanese person eatShoe coversHair elasticsNoseplugs OR white facemasks + essential oil drops for aromatic delightThere were a couple more lessons specific to our waste audit method too. where can i buy sushi vinegarWe needed an extra bin for unlabelled, mystery plastic. sushi new york midtown west

There were a few large black baking-sheet-like pieces that we found, probably from one of the kitchens. They seemed like PolyStyrene, but without labelling we couldn’t be sure. Next time items like that will go in the mystery bin. Scissors would have been handy for cutting the cap-ring off of bottles. Most lids are made of PolyPropylene (PP, #5), but some are HDPE… either way, this will be a big source of contamination in the PETE stream unless we cut them off and sort them along with the caps! sushi magico jogo gratisFinally, we have to get a mop & bucket (or a Swiffer). sushi go round free online gameGarbage juice kept gushing onto the tarp and we had to improvise with some toilet paper to quell the flow.accessori sushi online

Who knows, maybe next time we will even get some lovely essential oils to drip onto our face masks, to cover the odour. Qoola is a frozen yoghurt vendor is the UBC Student Center (The Nest). Their spoons have no label, and when called for questioning they assured us that they recycle the spoons themselves, but only when deposited in recycling boxes in their store. buy for less sushi menuProblem is, most people take their yoghurt and walk, then recycle the spoons into the regular container waste stream. We still haven't the foggiest idea what type of plastic these are made from. No matter how conscientious you are about reducing waste—buying in bulk, bringing your own shopping and produce bags, and avoiding processed foods—you can still end up with a staggering amount of food packaging. Some of it is recyclable, a lot of it is not. But that's not always a bad thing. There are tons of ways to reuse even the most basic food-packaging remnants, whether it's an old jelly jar or the plastic liner in your cereal box.

Here are some of my favorites. (Find seasonal recipes, inspiring imagery, and gardening tips every day inside the Rodale’s Organic Life 2017 Calendar!) Any small food container will serve as a pot for starting seedlings—egg cartons are a natural choice, but you can also use single-serve yogurt containers, half-and-half cartons, for instance. Poke a few drainage holes in the bottom of your container and you are ready to fill it with seed-starting mix and seeds. When I'm starting seeds, I put my containers into a clear plastic clamshell to help keep the soil mix moist and protect the tiny new leaves from the dry air in my house. The ones that hold a pound of salad mix are my favorites. You can also flip a clear plastic cup upside down over a pot or seedling to do the same thing, or slip the pot into a repurposed clear plastic bag. (Check out these 8 other ways to reuse plastic bags.) A half-gallon milk carton makes a surprisingly good single-year birdhouse and takes maybe five minutes to make.

You'll need a clean, dry cardboard carton and enough strong twine or yarn to hang it up. Cut a round hole—1¼ inches to 1½ inches in diameter is good—in the center of one side about four inches from the bottom. Staple or tape the top shut and, if you like, decorate the outside with weatherproof paint or markers. Hang it from a secure awning or tree branch, and enjoy the birds all spring, summer, and fall. I buy quarts of yogurt and ricotta cheese and my favorite reuse for them is turning them into labels for marking what plant each of my pots contains and where and when I've planted seeds in the garden. Just cut ½-inch strips out of your plastic tubs—cut from top to bottom. Then write the plant name and the planting date on the blank side and push the label into the soil next to the plant. Use a soft graphite pencil to write with, as most permanent markers fade in the sunshine, so that by harvest time, you can't read which tomato is which. Related: 7 Surprising Ways To Recycle Plastic

Jars are also good for keeping track of paper clips, rubber bands, pens and pencils, nails, screws, and other twiddly bits in an office or workshop, as it's easy to see what's inside. I much prefer to store food leftovers in glass, and big jars are great for storing dry foods like beans and grain, because they keep chewing pests out much better than plastic bags or boxes do. A repurposed food jar is perfect for toting leftovers to work, as well, since glass containers are easy and safe to pop into a microwave. I prefer jars that fit a standard or wide-mouth canning lid so that hunting for matching lids isn't such a headache. Wide-mouth jars are also easy to get food into and to wash up afterward. I have a "set" of about 12 squarish jars with very wide mouths that once held a premium brand of tomato product that have been traveling to and from schools and work in lunch bags for about a decade, and the lids are still going strong. Related: How This Woman Fit A Year's Worth Of Trash Into A Mason Jar—And You Can, Too

Short on official beverage containers? Jars make funky and useful glasses. Some jams and spreads even come packed in straight-sided jars designed for this reuse and are so strong they're pretty close to unbreakable. Plus, jars usually come with their own leakproof lids, making them perfect for throwing into a picnic basket or lunch bag. Set a festive mood inside or out by putting tea lights or other candles in the bottoms of jars to use as luminarias. The jars block the wind, keep errant sleeves out of the flames, and prevent wax from dripping onto your tablecloth. You can also set them on the ground along unlighted walkways to help guests find their way safely. I rarely store food in plastic containers of any type, as all of them can leach questionable chemicals into food. But sturdy quart-size yogurt tubs, made from safer #2 and #5 plastics, can be good for storing cold foods like chopped fruit or salads. Wash the containers by hand—heat from a dishwasher speeds up leaching of chemicals from the plastic—and recycle them as soon as you see scratches in the surface.

Stick with cold stuff only, though, never hot food. The mesh bags that onions and citrus sometimes come in are perfect for storing more of the same, either your own or ones you buy from your local farmers' market. Stores sell dish scrubbers made of plastic mesh, but you can make plastic mesh bags into equally serviceable ones. Trim off any metal crimp closures that could scratch you or your dishes, gather the mesh to make it into a bit of a puff, and tie or sew the ends with strong thread—dental floss is perfect. Related: See The Crazy Place Your Trash Ends Up Storing and Wrapping Frozen Food Bags with reclosable zips are perfect for storing loose bits of frozen food, and you can reuse the stiff waxed paper or plastic liners that come in cereal or cracker boxes as freezer paper. The best way to use them is to freeze the food, uncovered, in a glass casserole dish or other container. When it's frozen, flip the food out of the glass dish by turning the container upside down and running warm water over the bottom until the food releases into your hand.

Carefully pull apart the seams of an empty cereal or cracker bag to create a flat sheet of wrap, and place the frozen block of food in the center. Wrap the food tightly in the wrap, and secure the loose ends of the plastic with freezer tape. I keep a few sheets of the waxed paper that comes in my boxes of tea on hand for wrapping sandwiches or snacks for trips or outings when a disposable lunch is requested or carrying empty containers would be cumbersome. Need to drop a few lines to someone via snail mail? Amuse your recipient and everyone along the way by cutting a neat rectangle out of a food box and putting a stamp, your message, and the address on the plain side. Related: 8 Things Your Garbageman Knows About You Pen and Pencil Cans If you didn't make at least one pencil holder out of a tin can in school, you've led a deprived life and it's time you made up for lost time. Pencil cans still work, and you can cover them with anything that strikes your fancy to suit any decor.

Just make sure the cut edge along the rim of the can is dull, and if it isn't, cover it with sturdy tape. You can also glue or tie three or four decorated cans of the same or varying sizes together to create an even more stable holder that can hold a variety of items. Tin cans can be turned into surprisingly attractive pierced lanterns or candleholders. Go super-simple, and use a can opener to remove almost the entire lid, leaving it attached just enough so the lid can be folded up as a sort of light deflector, or draw a design on the outside of the can and use a hammer and nail to make holes along each drawn line. When you're finished, insert a candle and enjoy the dancing patterns of light it sheds. Remember, the inside of the can will have multiple sharp points, so use care when reaching in to position or light the candle. Poke a few holes in the closed end of a big empty can, and you have a sturdy plant pot. I buy olive oil in big cans with baked-on labels, and they make fun containers for herbs.

You could also ask your local restaurant or cafeteria to save large food cans for you. Tree or Bush Labels Plants that stick around for multiple years deserve a tag that will last, too. To make one out of a strip of aluminum beverage can, use scissors to pierce and cut the top and bottom off a can, then cut the sides of the can into rectangular strips. Find a used-up ballpoint pen, place the strip on a padded but firm surface, and write the plant name and other info into the metal using the pen, pressing hard enough as you trace the letters to make an indent, but not so hard as to pierce the metal. This imprinted ID tag can then be tied loosely to a branch; poke a hole with the scissors to make a smooth hole near one end where a string or wire will go. The writing will never fade and the aluminum will last for decades. In general, nailing signs to trees is a bad idea. Nails damage trees and the tree can grow around them. But if you must, leave nails a bit loose, check them each year to make sure the bark isn't starting to grow up around the head of the nail, and use the claw on a hammer to pull them out slightly to give the tree more growing room if they are.