
Since we’re ‘super recyclers’ around the Mom Goes Green home, we go through trash bags very slowly, but I’ve always been bothered by the idea of anything that does need to be tossed in the trash because sometimes I do feel forced into a plastic trash bag!… blech!
Lately I’ve used Hefty Renew bags (since, at least, they’re made of 65% recycled plastic) but there’s a new bag in town, baby!… thanks to Green Genius I discovered their fantastic BIODEGRADABLE trash bags in a local store and I’m hooked!
They’re made from less recycled plastic (40%), but did you happen to notice I said BIODEGRADABLE?!? Their tricky little ingredient is called EcoPure (a blend of organic materials) that actually turns the bags into food for microbes in landfills… (loving it!) The EcoPure bonds with the plastic, literally making it consumable for the microbes that break it down into simpler organic matter (loving it more!). The bag becomes entirely edible, only the simplest organic matter remains and the bag has been biodegraded (total love fest!!!).
Is it affordable, you ask? Oh yes, my friends… about 20 cents per bag which is completely in line with all of the major brands of regular trash bags. Here is a list of stores, but I’m betting there are more, since my retailer (Discount Drug Mart, found all around Ohio) wasn’t even listed!
Keep your eyes peeled because I’m thinking, before long, this bag will be available everywhere! And then think about it… hmmm?… a biodegrading bag or, oh… one that lasts an eternity in a landfill(?!)… I think you’ll want to be a “Green Genius” too!



Did you know that bottle caps are the second most littered items behind cigarette butts? Did you also know that bottle caps are one of the top ten most common items found littered on beaches? Sad, isn’t it?
Ahh… Fridays. The infamous Friday night “Carry-Out Food and Movie Nite” in the Mom Goes Green household. The night when I don’t have to think about “what’s for dinner” and instead can rely on the simple question of where to get the food.
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First of all, keep in mind that each year literally BILLIONS of non-recyclable drink pouches get tossed in the trash and wind up in landfills… fortunately, along came TerraCycle. They upcycle this otherwise worthless trash and convert the used drink pouches into fashion bags, tote bags, pencil cases, and a whole slew of other items for kids and adults. All you have to do is save the drink pouches, send them to TerraCycle and earn a little cash for your school, organization or charity of your choice.
recyclable), we certainly want to make the right decisions.

My hope is to find a place that would accept these unopened foods and allow them to benefit. With so many regulations, it may be hard to do. And then I will need to get the school on board, so that will likely be another huge administrative hurdle, but this one ladies and gents, Mom Goes Green is taking on!!! I never knew about this before, since our daughter is a daily 
Anyhow, while I’ve been out and about with my family enjoying the “first half”, one thing keeps catching my eye…
trick even works to keep items hot. I used newspaper to keep our kids’ baby food warm when we went out to dinner, so they could have their food right along with us. And the best part is that afterward, it can be recycled instead of thrown in the trash.
I’ve always been a huge advocate of recycling. It’s one of those practices that I honestly find inexcusable when most communities make it fairly simple to participate at home… not all, but most.
o think that, if we DON’T recycle, they all become landfill. What a waste… literally.