I separate and recycle everything. I think about recycling before I but things

about 12 years ago I made canvas shopping bags. I use them most shopping trips. 8 years ago I made personal wipes. I quit using toilet paper. I rarely use paper towels, napkins, or plastic bags I use glass for food storage. I make my own soap, toothpaste, deodorant, lip balm. I garden. I use Hydroflasks and almost never use plastic water bottles. I use metal straws. I make and take my own lunch, carry and reuse my own silverware, and usually cook from scratch and mostly vegetarian. I recycle paper and plastic at home, and take glass recycling to Target. I donate my unused stuff to a variety of resale or reuse places. I compost, and I have a worm box in my pantry. I make my own extracts and cleaning solvents. There are lemon peels soaking in vinegar in my pantry now. I'm not sure how long they've been there. And I'm gradually replacing all the light bulbs with LEDs.

omg....i am so scared about the plastic water bottles...I have two zero water pitchers...one in my refrigerator and one on my kitchen counter. i save glass drink bottles, put them through my dishwasher and fill them with the filtered water. i never buy bottled water.

I try very hard. Local veggies canvas shopping bags recycle what I can.

I try to minimize my footprint and gently nudge others to do the same. Reducing consumption has much more impact than recycling. Most importantly, I avoid single use plastics with reusable shopping bags, water bottles, lunch packaging, etc. I use no hazardous chemicals cleaning or gardening. I rarely eat meat.

My carbon foot print has gone up dramatically since my knees have deteriorated so badly. Can't walk for any distance and bike riding is also a no go. Getting right knee replaced 5 July and the left one probably early next year. Should be able to reduce my carbon footprint a lot then and catch up on some dancing!