I have always tried to be conscious of how much garbage me and my family produce. I am well aware of the impact that trash has on the environment (even when it is disposed of properly, that doesn’t meant that it isn’t having an impact; however, obviously the impact that litter has is much worse than that of properly disposed trash), and as a result I have always tried to do my part to cut back as much as possible. Obviously, I am aware of the fact that I am just one person and we are just one family, but that doesn’t mean that what we do isn’t important. I may only play a tiny role in the overall big scheme of things, but the thing is that if everyone on the planet would play their tiny role, the combined impact would be huge. Unfortunately, there are countless people who simply don’t care regardless of what you tell them or how easy the changes are, so the only choice we have is to worry about ourselves.

Now, even though I try to reduce the amount of trash that we create as much as possible, it’s obviously impossible to completely stop producing trash. Obviously, there are ways to accomplish this goal under extreme circumstances, but we are a modern and busy family, so we can’t completely sacrifice our lifestyle for this type of goal. Luckily, we have a garbage compactor, which helps us minimize the amount of space that the trash we do produce takes up.