Garbage Drawing Nov 11

Garbage Drawing Nov 10

Garbage Drawing Nov 9

I was cutting up t-shirts to make yarn.

Garbage Drawing Nov 8

Garbage Drawing Oct 30

Boyfriend bought new insoles, in ridiculous `green` packaging.  Insoles were held to a plasticized cardboard shape with plastic clips, made from recycled plastic and the package even had instructions to throw them away after and recycle the cardboard.

Garbage Drawing Oct 27

Garbage Drawing Oct 26

I found out cheese and meat wrappers can`t go in soft plastic recycling

Garbage Drawing Oct 21

Dixie cup from the doctor`s office.

Garbage Drawing October 19

Garbage Drawing October 16

Garbage Drawing Oct 10

Kleenex.  Kleenex.  Kleenex.

Garbage Drawing Oct 9

Achoo!

Garbage Drawing Oct 8

Garbage Drawing October 7

Candy wrappers will be my downfall.

Garbage Drawing Oct 6

One zero waste kit item finally gets worn out- a reusable pad liner that's too gross.

Garbage Drawing Oct 5

Garbage Drawing Oct 1

My bamboo toothbrush will go to my studio to clean screenprinting screens before finally being retired.

Garbage Drawing Sept 30

All the little things.

Garbage Drawing Sept 29

Illness related garbage.  And a cookie wrapper.

Garbage Drawing Sept 27

Funny the garbage needed for two pen refills.

Garbage Drawing Sept 23

I lost a notebook that had a few drawings, but mostly I got behind due to a bad cough and a bunch of deadlines.  I did save all my garbage though!

Garbage Drawing Sept 22

Garbage Drawing Sept 9

Garbage Drawing Sept 8

Garbage Drawing Sept 7

Garbage Drawing Sept 6

The one with the hidden underwear.

Garbage Drawing Sept 5

The rules for this exercise are still being defined.  I'm not drawing my compost and recycling, although I do compost my used Kleenex after I draw them, and some of my soft plastic I do collect and take to the recycling depot. I draw things that I know there's a reusable alternative for, and I draw things that I'm not quite sure how to dispose of.

I threw out half a block of moldy mozzarella, and thought I should have drawn it, but just composted it instead.

 On this day I went to see a movie (hence the candy wrapper) and used a paper towel to dry my hands in the ladies' restroom.  I dropped it in the garbage, and then thought I should have saved it to be documented, but wasn't willing to reach in the garbage and pick it out again, nor to carry it in my purse all day.
My boyfriend bought the M&M's but he shared with me and so I felt I had a share in his garbage.

Garbage Drawing Sept 4

Garbage Drawing Sept 3

Garbage Drawing Sept 2

Garbage Drawing Sept 1

Garbage Drawing Aug 31st

Garbage Drawing Aug 30

Garbage Drawing August 29

Garbage Drawing 3 August 27

Garbage Drawing 2- Aug 4th

I was travelling and working a lot in early August so I saved up my trash and have to catch up.

The start of the project

I think about garbage a lot.  I don't know how this obsession started- I did photograph the local landfill for an art project in first year art school- but I just stopped being okay with throwing stuff away and never thinking about where it goes.

I try to limit my use of disposables already, although I'm far from perfect.  (Read Bea Johnson's blog Zero Waste Home to see how it's really done)  I volunteer with a little environment non-profit called SPEC on the Waste Committee.  Waste is North America's number one product, but it's ignored.

Well, it's easy to get preachy.  I'm doing this project to make myself spend some time with my garbage, to measure and document my personal consumption, and see if I can find new ways to produce less garbage.