What are common practices that you feel are wasteful? What's a solution?

hearlady said:
I've been saying this for a long time. Where to fit them though? Unless people break them down? Not sure how it would work.
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You can post free boxes on FB Marketplace, and often people will want them for moving or storage.
 

VintageBetter said:
Maybe a Freezer Subsidy program for families would help?

Example: My late brother was a low income person and when his area was in a "we're-all-going-to-die-tomorrw-if-we-don't-cut-down-our-electricity-usage" campaign, his utility company was giving away free refrigerators. He applied for one and they delivered a brand new energy efficient frig and took the old one away.

Why couldn't we do that with families and individuals who are low-income? A freezer is a very practical thing to have for buying foods on sale and freezing them for later use, but many low income people cannot afford them. Even the small ones are $150 to $200, but many people would struggle to afford that.

You'd also have to give people a PDF or an app on what to freeze and how to freeze it because it's rather an old-fashioned skill.
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I drink about a half a glass of tap water so that I get the minerals and fill the glass up with purified water for the taste.
A man that has one of those cold water wells that has great tasting water has something that money can’t buy!
 

Paco Dennis said:
Something we discovered by accident. Misa got some 1 ply Toilet Paper, and I pointed this out to her. She was amazed because it was so much cheaper, worked just as well, and we helped save a tree. solution : buy 1 ply, not 2 or more. :)
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What brand of one ply are you using that does as good as two ply?
 
A whole lot of this needs to be addressed at the manufacturing level, but that will probably never happen.

I purchased three tv dinners recently to try a brand I had never used before. I was horrified to find that the packaging most likely weighed as much as the food did. The food was OK but I will never purchase that brand again because of the packaging.

That old line from "The Graduate" takes on a whole new meaning now. "Plastics"...........
 
DebraMae said:
A whole lot of this needs to be addressed at the manufacturing level, but that will probably never happen.

I purchased three tv dinners recently to try a brand I had never used before. I was horrified to find that the packaging most likely weighed as much as the food did. The food was OK but I will never purchase that brand again because of the packaging.

That old line from "The Graduate" takes on a whole new meaning now. "Plastics"...........
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Sometimes the package is made bigger than necessary to make it stand out on the store shelf.
 
Our old garage is crumbling. We decided to strip the wiring from the building and now we are striping the rubber coating to get the copper, and aluminum, and any other metals. We spend some very restful times striping the long wires. Now we have several bundles of copper wire. We check the prices of metals each day (metals are on the rise) and soon we will cash them in. It might sound a little crazy, but what else is there to do on a nice evening hanging out with your best friend. Plus, we are recycling precious metals to be used again. :)
 
I will bring the high usage of water used to water the commercial/residential lawns in Florida. Certain counties do have strict rules on watering. Our county does not. They are building homes at an impressive rate around us without being concerned about our future water supply.
We live in a community that prides itself on preservation yet our lawn water (recycled water) goes straight into our surrounding lakes and ponds. That water is full of pesticide and fertilizer.
Away from preservation, it costs a fortune for water and grass maintenance. What a waste!
I do not understand why Florida does not use rocks instead of grass like Nevada or Arizona.
 
Rossana said:
I will bring the high usage of water used to water the commercial/residential lawns in Florida. Certain counties do have strict rules on watering. Our county does not. They are building homes at an impressive rate around us without being concerned about our future water supply.
We live in a community that prides itself on preservation yet our lawn water (recycled water) goes straight into our surrounding lakes and ponds. That water is full of pesticide and fertilizer.
Away from preservation, it costs a fortune for water and grass maintenance. What a waste!
I do not understand why Florida does not use rocks instead of grass like Nevada or Arizona.
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Now I'm confused. I just looked it up and Florida is the fourth wettest state in the US. for annual rainfall. Don't you store any of that? I would have thought you'd have a huge aquifer of water.
 
People today that act like habituated programmed robots driving their massive multi-ton gasoline vehicles almost everywhere, that rarely if ever walk more than a block from their residences. For those that live near shopping malls and districts, they may drive 3 blocks then park in a huge parking garage where they end up walking two blocks each way to get into the stores and then for a couple hours walk about like rats in a maze, mostly just lookin'. 🤑
 
Grampa Don said:
Now I'm confused. I just looked it up and Florida is the fourth wettest state in the US. for annual rainfall. Don't you store any of that? I would have thought you'd have a huge aquifer of water.
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Very little is done for preservation, at least in my opinion. In my area, land is sold to the first bidder. Generally it is a pasture sold to a large builder. He quickly will replace the open land by building a maximum number of houses. Eventually, we will run out of water. We are using it faster than we are replenishing.
 
Packaging. Since beginning to seriously begin re-cycling, the trash bin is seldom full for pick-up. The re-cycle bin is always full to overflowing. Something suspect about this picture.

Here's the latest, in my opinion, mega violator. Yelloah, or Yellow or however its spelled. Used to be Schwan's. We began using them during Covid for frozen food meal delivery. Now they've done away with the Schwan's truck delivery and it comes UPS. And it comes in this humongous box packed in dry ice. How in the heck am I to deal with this? Keep trying to convince Sharon this is a massive, yea, almost obscene abuse of resources.
 
Rossana said:
I will bring the high usage of water used to water the commercial/residential lawns in Florida.
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Based on our green lawns, you’d think we have an endless supply of water. The cost for usage is high; it doesn’t stop lots of folks from keeping things pristine. In the hot seasons, we are limited on consumption and days. The landscapers are finally doing more desert scaping. They used to plant cedars everywhere, including in our backyards. They can’t be removed because it’s part of the HOA We have underground sprinkler systems. It’s still a lot of water.
 

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