Never wasted...

...but will never be. As I was washing, stripping, and chopping up vegetables this past weekend, I couldn't help but notice the amount of vegetable scraps that I was tossing out. The peels and the roots were all tossed into the ever growing trash bin. Sure, it's just one trash bin in this kitchen, but this house has other trash bins in other rooms. So if there's four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and one kitchen, then that would be seven trash bins for one household. Now every "trash day" we would wheel out our weekly trash for the dump pickup and so does 800 other homes in the area. Then there are 800 other houses to the left of this area, then another 800 in the other areas, and a billion more in the surrounding area. All with different trash pick up days. THAT'S A LOT OF TRASH. For over a year, I've been a more mindful consumer by purchasing items that didn't have much packaging or any at all. I tried the stay-local-grocery-shopping thing for awhile, but that got expensive. I tried the farmer's market thing but it was too time consuming. Then I tried living without food for 10 minutes. I almost died. Now I have this bright idea about reducing my trash when it comes to kitchen scraps. These (egg shells, apple core, vegetable roots, potato and banana peels, etc.) can easily be thrown into a home compost box that I've been meaning to put together in my parent's backyard (if my father would give me some room) that way I'd have lovely soil to plant more vegetables to end my quest for more local food. How much more local can you get if you're eating food from your own backyard? But it's hard to maintain a compost box when you're in between homes. I can't believe I just said that. O_O You heard it here first. Urgh, I just want one place to call my own, not "my parent's house" or "my boyfriend's house." But a place where I can freely have my own compost box and no underwear on the floor or annoying siblings. A place that's quiet and mine. For now, since I have two homes that just begs for me to be there, maybe I'll just build a mobile compost box instead. Problem solved. XD