Start Date of Trash Collection: 28 January 2017
End Date of Trash Collection: 10 February 2017
(Photo taken at 9.00pm on 10 Feburary after 2 weeks of trash collection)
Total Trash Collected after 2 weeks
Average amount of trash collected in a day
After another 2 weeks of trash
collection, I am happy to see that I was able to significantly reduce the
amount of waste that I produce after adopting new habits such as recycling
plastic bottles that I get and by switching to environmentally-friendly alternatives such
as by using a handkerchief instead of tissue paper. During this 2 weeks of
trash collection, I became more aware of the things that I was purchasing or
buying as well as a simple act of buying a takeaway meal can result in the
production of a lot of waste. Initially, when I adopted some positive habits
such as carrying a tumbler water bottle around to use when I buy drinks, I felt
quite uncomfortable using it as I had to ask store owners to use my bottle to
fill up drinks which I felt awkward doing. However after the 2 weeks, I had
gotten use to using the tumbler water bottler and knowing that I have reduced
the waste I produce by using this alternative made me happy.
Even though this journey to a zero
waste lifestyle that I have embarked on was for an assignment, I was able to
learn a lot about waste management as I have never actually taken note of the
amount of waste that I produce in a day which this project has helped me to
find out. Furthermore, the project allowed me to research on and find out about
the harm different types of waste can bring to the environment and the environmentally-friendly
substitute products that I can adopt into my life to reduce the waste I produce. Lastly, even though my assignment has ended, I will continue to make an effort in
reducing my trash production by keeping positive recycling habits and by
switching to environmentally-friendly products and alternatives as I believe
that we are responsible for the waste that we produce.
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