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WASTE AS REALITY: A Waste Inventory

      Learning about the waste stream is part of our personal
and group examination of conscience.   Discover the waste picture
by carefully observing and recording the domestic waste stream in
a typical month.  The project will generate some eye-openers
provided the inventory is honest.

    * Weigh the products thrown away over the month
       and list them according to categories:
         - yard wastes
         - kitchen compostables
         - plastics
         - hazardous materials
         - newsprint, cardboard, office paper
         - metals (aluminum, steel, other)
         - glass (clear and colored)
         - building materials
         - junk, clothing, tires and others

     * Record how much of this waste stream is rerouted and
reused

    * Discover how much that is not reused is recycled.

     * How much ends in a landfill?
                         incinerator?
                         other forms of disposal?

    * Does the waste so disposed of go to an approved landfill?
                      illegal landfill?
                      incinerator?

    * How much is reused?                  
                  recycled?
                  stored as junk?

     An alternative approach is an inventory of potential waste
that is brought onto the premises:
          - packaging and grocery bags
          - disposable containers

Use of materials on grounds:
          - incinerator or landfills on grounds
          - burning some discarded materials in furnace

Are the following composted and returned to the soil?
    Human Wastes --
     Animal Wastes --
    Kitchen Wastes --
    Yard Wastes --
    Agricultural Organic Wastes --