One of my favorite candies are Skittles- they are small, sweet, and make any day better. As I tried to make mental notes throughout the day of everything I was using and then throwing away, I came to the realization that anytime I consume a bag of skittles I have a wrapper to throw into the trash. Like any other snack, the serving size is individual and the amount of trash I create every day is greater because I am buying "snack size" products rather than larger bags that require less energy to produce and, I would assume, conserve more paper wrapper in the long run. Looking deeper into my day than the skittles, I threw away many many paper towels, over 5 powerade bottles, 2 soda cans, a cereal box, a bag of cheez-its, a Zaxby's food box & drink. 

On any other given day, I may also throw away things like computer paper, a milk carton, an empty shampoo bottle, a used toilet paper roll, an energy bar wrapper, a shopping/grocery bag, etc. Through this assignment, I have come to 
the realization that I take the amount of trash I throw away into higher consideration. Almost
 everything that I do throw away could be recycled, re-used by me. As mentioned previously, I would also like to start buying  larger quantity items rather than so many snack size items. If I could be throwing away one large skittles bag a week rather than 2 small skittles bags a day, then why I am not? 

As a class, let's join together to conserve our trash and color the rainbow.