Okay, I have always hated these styrofoam peanuts, and yesterday a package arrived for us full of them. Now I am loathing them even more because (stupid me) I didn't get them tossed before Avery got a hold of the box and dumped them all over the living room and proceded to scatter them everywhere!!!!! AHHHHH!!! Well, he's having fun, that's something.
I wish more companies would switch to the cornstarch ones. I wonder what little ol' us can do to help influence that change. ????
On a side note: Thanks Jennifer, for the Gaiam catalog. I think I am going to try some things out of it. (bamboo sheets/bras/undies/mop) I wanted to consider the steam vac since we have all hard surface flooring, but it says "imported" and I just know that will be CHINA! I might call them and if not, consider it. Or searc out a similar one around here. Did you get the compost crock you circled? I am thinking of the green one since I will be carrying it up the hill to empty it into the larger one.
Avery hs just said it's time to scoop up the peanuts, so off I go to take advantage of this cooperation!
Those peanuts can be dropped of at packing stores for reuse. Check out Sonoma County Recycling Guide under Green Guides- General to find a handy location. Those corn starch ones are so much better though, I agree. Guess we can just let companies we deal with know it matters to us.
ReplyDeleteAnd no, because of procrastanation, I did not order that compost collection bin. Instead I found a ceramic bowl with a lid that was seldom used works great.
Oh, I saw that on your counter. I was meaning to comment that I liked it.
ReplyDeleteOh, I have an antique crock with lid that I used to put my smaller gardening supplies in for handier access. I haven't been using it for that for a long while, so maybe I'll just clean that up! Another money saver!
Thanks for the tip. Problem here is it's got a lot of dog hair combined with it from it being scattered all over. :-( Well, the floors are clean now!
ReplyDeleteI'll find out if the hair matters before I toss it.