Your trash tells a lot about you
Jeffrey Strain of The Street spent several days going through garbage of random people and here's what he found out. Some of us (could be any of us!) are literally throwing money away. Some of the transgressions revealed during Strain's dumpster diving:
- We throw out a lot of food. According to a study by Timothy Jones, we're throwing away 600 bucks worth of it a year.
- We throw out lots of half-used bottles such as shampoo, cleaning supplies and make-up.
- We throw out stuff we could make money on by posting them on Craig's List or eBay.
- On the eco-side of things, we're throwing out recyclables and not disposing of hazardous materials like paint and batteries properly.
Although, I do agree, a good look at your trash could be insightful, as could weighing it, like Kelly wrote about here.
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