Cameron Eyles

So for my household we have a carbon footprint of 3.85 which is a bit below the average of 4 given by the website I used. It was interesting how big of a difference flying made, my roommates and I don't take any flights so when I removed that from the calculator our footprint dropped by quite a bit. It was also interesting to see the different diets and how that can drop our total carbon output if the three of us just at a certain diet over a different one.

For repurpose, one of my roommates gets paper bags from target when ever he goes shopping since he does not have reusable bags so we und with a bunch of bags to be tossed. Lately though we have started using those as little trash bags for compost and trash so we are getting a bit more use out of them than the one trip home from store that they would otherwise get. Using the R's is actually pretty nice, I got into the habit of using empty bagel bags for when I get produce from the store and it is pretty convenient just to have them to reuse over and over again. When thinking of the other Rs it can be a bit difficult to come up with ideas for them but I feel good at least trying.

So to start this challenge I held onto the plastic bag that my bagels come in so that I can keep reusing it whenever I go to the store and buy produce rather than using one of those little plastic bags from the dispensers in the produce section. In the future I think that I may start using some of the paper bags that my roommates toss as a little mini compost since my neighborhood recently added compost bins so that could be a good way to reuse some of my roommates stuff while also composting.