The year has been a wild one for the majority of Americans. The pandemic has changed the way we work, live, shop and so much more. In my own personal life I have been at home for far longer than I ever imagined. It has been fantastic, complicated, and sad at times.
The unexpected consequences of this has led to many things that are a bit annoying. I have found that since I have been shopping online a lot that my doorstep is always full. This normally would be an exciting moment, but now it has become a normal occurance and what this really means is that I have ended up with a ton of excess trash. This is really sad because I have not been able to actually get rid of it at the pace that it is coming in. So I finally found a solution and I want to go through that with you.
First I think it is important to let you know I feel like we should be kind to our surroundings. I am not a big fan of waste and if I end up using 4 trashbags of waste each week I would like to be able to lower that going into the ground. I would much rather have that trash be reused if possible so less trees have to be used and less products have to be made if they don't have too. I think reusing and keeping our planet as healthy as possible is simply a good thing to do. It is truly a small addition but millions of small healthy things can lead to a big help. So when it comes to the cheap moving boxes stacked up in my garage from all the shipping I want to have them be reused if I can help it.
To be able to do this though I have to get these boxes into a large trash can. Since we are not allowed to recycle legally in my area by driving to do a recycle station, due to it not being an emergency I must find a legal way to keep up with my own goals. So the process began by me simply breaking apart the boxes by hand and trying to stuff them in the trashcan. Well lets face it originally I simply threw them in and only got a few trashed a week. But the amount of cardboard boxes simply piled up. Now my garage is literally getting stacked to the ceiling with cheap moving boxes. So now the game is on.
My new process for taking care of this problem is to not simply break them down by hand but to cut them down into the shape of the trashcan on the inside. I started this with a pair of scissors but my hands only got through a few boxes before I got a blister. This was a good way to do it for a couple boxes, but not a long term solution. So I went and picked up my dads old hunting knife. It was rather sharp and I started to safely cut the boxes with a fixed blade knife. First I put on gloves and also boots just in case. I wanted to be safe so I only cut away from my body, but got pretty good at it. I was able to break down the boxes pretty quick and cut them to the right size. I was able to get 7 big boxes broken down and in the trash can with little problem. Also, I was able to get many small boxes in the gaps. So give this a try and I hope it works for you!
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