I have a feeling of pride when I pick up trash to make our neighborhood more beautiful.  It's an action that improves the space that I share with my neighbors.  I am serving my community and helping to beautify it.  

My partner and I meal plan a week's worth of meals and then create our grocery list to cover all the recipes' ingredients.  We feast on leftovers at the end of the week and rarely throw anything away.  By doing this, there is no produce that goes bad because we have cooked with it or if there are unused veggies we come up with a recipe to use them.  I hate to throw out good food so I don't!  

Kale stalks have taken on great importance. I'm making a special compost from kitchen scraps -- no yard waste in this little spot -- so that I can make a super healthy compost. I want to use it in flower pots and my perennial flower beds. 

This is another thing I've done for 30+ years, but w/COVID i was reluctant to pick up fresh trash and recycling, but now I just bring a newpaper/plastic bag and put on to collect these items and place in a plastic bag which I keep reusing.  

Also, I've stopped picking up dog poop w/a plastic newspaper bad and now bring a small shovel and bucket  to collect my dog's waste and flush in toilet.  Luckily my husband holds the leash cuz my hands are full now...

for 30+ years I've practiced "If it's yellow it's mellow"