Our no-new-plastic pantry

Posted by Mark Rummel  10 Responses »
Jun 062010
Our no-new-plastic pantry

Nothing goes to waste in the Rummel/Parker (soon to just be Rummel) household. Well, actually not ‘nothing’, we do take the trash out from our one 8-gallon trash can about every four to six weeks. This is pretty major for me, because I used to have to empty a larger trash can than that far more regularly. So how have we reduced our contributions to landfills by so much? Well, I believe the biggest factor has been buying food and other products with far less or no packaging. And anything that we do get that has some packaging must be [Continue Reading...]

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Remember Your Reusable Bags

Posted by Mark Rummel  9 Responses »
May 102010
Remember Your Reusable Bags

The other day Melanie and I got out of the car at the grocery store and we realized we had left our reusable bags at home. So we opted to to just come back later when we had our bags. When we got home we found the bags hanging on our front door doorknob. We were in such a rush that we missed the huge collection of bags we probably had to push to the side to get out the door. Well sometimes stuff like this just happens, but here are two tips that have helped us be sure we always [Continue Reading...]

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The Reusable Bag Jackpot!!!

Posted by Melanie Jade Rummel  5 Responses »
Apr 142010
The Reusable Bag Jackpot!!!

I’ve just found an incredible resource!  I found this website that has links to free patterns (33 of them!!) to make your own grocery bags, produce bags, totes, etc.  All shapes and sizes and materials, including produce bags made from sheer curtain panels (no extra weight – why didn’t I think of that?), a reversible bag with a boxed bottom,  a larger tote with boxed bottom, and many more.  Check it out! (P.S.  I have to admit that I giggled a little every time I wrote “boxed bottom”.  Hehe.)

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