SHTF Waste Management

[CrealCritter]

We burn what can be burned safely, cardboard, paper, wood, used oil, etc... Fowl gets scraps and food waste. Metal goes into the metal pile for reuse or recycling. It's all the darn plastic that would get us.

I suppose I could turn farm truck into a garbage truck and take to the "refuge center" where is goes aways, when the trash company picks up our trash weekly.

Good thread BTW

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[JanetMarie]

Recently I've found shampoo and conditioner bars, packaged in cardboard and paper.

I've also found a laundry detergent, and hand soap by a company called Clean Cult, at a local large grocery store chain! It's packaged in paper milk carton material, and the top looks like plastic is made from plant material. All natural ingredients, and not expensive! The laundry detergent is very concentrated and I'm happy with the cleaning abilities of it.

More of this kind of packaging is going to become available, and as it does I'm obviously supporting it.

Too bad in getting ready for SHFT, I've already stocked up on a favorite shampoo---packaged in plastic !

 

[Medicine Woman]

Exactly. After Hurricane Ida, so many people donated laundry detergent, shampoo and dishwashing liquid in plastic bottles that some stuff will last me a long time but I am anxious to start making soap again and I do wanna have laundry, shampoo and dish bars and maybe offer some as gifts to help people understand there are better ways to do things.
It’s really hard to keep track of DH’s filter water bottle but if I keep filling it he doesn’t have an excuse to buy bottled water. And for years I have leaned more towards Kool Aid than soda. I don’t so much mind burning trash as fire starters…say I need to cook on the camp grill or to warm up a bit but I guess I like to look at a box first and ask if it would fit neatly under my bed and hold yarn or important papers. Maybe the next door neighbor sells stuff on EBay and could use my extra boxes. It just seems like a waste to just burn something to get rid of it. When I worked as a nurse I would organize the med room when it looked like a disaster and I would keep one box whole and rip the rest and put them inside really tight. Then I would bring it home and use it as kindling. I could usually get a fire started with 3 pieces of cardboard and 3 small logs. I got the CNA coordinator to save me the diaper boxes that I would use to smother out the grass in the orchard under the trees.
As of right now I am using my larger plastic bottles for hydroponics in the windows with small baskets for the pebbles that support the roots. Not justifying the purchase of the plastic but as I am not in a position to omit certain purchases at least if I can make use of them.
If the day ever comes when we truly have to live by our wits and skills in self sufficiency I think we will regret the waste.