While I enjoy conserving resources, especially in the kitchen where a lot of daily waste happens, I have discovered a “downside”: it takes a lot longer to fill a trash bag. In fact I don’t even buy trash bags anymore, I normally just use plastic store bags (I have two neighbors that hand me a stack of plastic bags every few weeks that I generally use for dog walking but also for trash). The problem is that since I create so little waste, I often forget how long it has been since the trash went out. What normally happens is that I notice the smell of vegetable products composting when I go to wash dishes and then remember that it has likely been far too long since the trash went out. I suppose of all the problems to have this isn’t a big one. I’ve wanted to start my own compost for a while but I’m not quite sure if I could find a setup that would work in my current digs; since I don’t cook meat, most of my food waste would like end up there and that would reduce my waste production even further. We’ll see.