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I tracked my family's trash for 30 days and got 19 pounds total, way less than I guessed
I read everywhere that the average person throws out 4.5 pounds a day, so I figured our house of four was dumping over 500 pounds a month into the bin in Fresno. When I actually weighed every bag for 30 days, we came in at 19 pounds total, mostly food scraps and junk mail. So I have to ask, are those big average numbers just counting businesses too, or is my house really that far off from everyone else?
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jones.angela12d ago
Count the stuff you buy, not just what you toss. Huge amounts of trash get made before anything reaches your house, like the boxes and wrap on every single thing you order or bring home, and those pounds never touch your kitchen bag. A lot of those big average numbers also mix in yard waste, old couches, and building junk from remodels, which is why one month of kitchen scraps can look tiny next to them. So your 19 pounds is real, it just measures the last step, not the whole chain. If a family replaces a couch or clears the garage, that one day alone can beat your whole month. Try weighing what comes in the door for a week and you might be shocked.
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