Final Post

So the two weeks are up. The camping trip screwed up my no trash goal a bit. My friends brought all disposable plates and such. I could understand, we had to be really careful about not creating any food remnants that would draw bears. All our food and trash had to go in a bear proof box, which my friend could hear being jostled both nights. So it didn't really matter that we were careful not to spill any food remnants on the ground, and walked 20 feet from camp to spit out toothpaste. But the 2 weeks up to this point worked out well. If I had kept the trash in my tent, legend has it I'd have a big bear ransacking my tent and sleepy body for anything smelling tasty in it.

Unfortunately, my trash was thrown away at the end of the weekend. The majority was emergen-c packets, some plastic wrap from to-go sandwiches, a tea bag envelope and a straw.

I will be passing along the exercise to my girlfriend Kris, who wants to try again. I've already been pretty trash conscious for years, this forced me to put in a little more effort by bringing compostables home with me. Hopefully this exercise will be widespread sometime soon.

Thanks Frogdesign!