Hit 6 months of zero waste and the numbers shocked me

I've been tracking my trash weight since January and hit the 6 month mark last week. The first 3 months I averaged 4 pounds of landfill waste per month, but the last 3 months dropped to under 2 pounds. My biggest surprise was that switching to bar soap and shampoo bars cut out over 30 plastic bottles in half a year. Has anyone else tracked their waste numbers and seen a bigger drop than they expected?

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the_sandra3mo ago

30 plastic bottles? That's wild. I honestly thought you'd have to live in a tiny house with no running water to cut that much waste. I tried bar soap once and it melted into a puddle of goo in my shower caddy after two weeks. Maybe I bought the wrong kind but still, props to you for making it work.

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wesleybutler3mo ago

Felt that. My first bar soap turned into soup too. Total fail.

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