Three Pounds

That is how much our trash weighed this week. One pound was the packaging from take out pizza from our celebration :( Here is what we learned.
1. We were very conscious of what we threw away this week.
2. Our heaviest trash is food waste. We don't have a disposal so we know when and how much food goes in the trash vs compost.
3. We asked the boys and their friends to be more conscious of taking only what they would eat. The kids really took this to heart.
4. Both Nate and Ben forgot to take silverware for their school lunch. Neither wanted to use plastic silverware from school ..so both were creative about how they ate their lunch ( no photos of this.)

One question that came up...if we find trash outside and bring it home..does it get added to our weight. Decision: No. We don't want any incentive for not picking up trash we see outside.