Sick kids and the science of garbage

My little guy is sick. Poor cabbage, I hope he is better before we leave for holidays. He is being a trooper, but we are all exhausted. I hate it when the kids are sick, I wish I could be sick for them. It seems so unfair to be little and helpless and sick :(

We have our garbage down to a science. Really-it started when we first started having to pay for it in Ontario, I think it was $1.50 per bag at first, ended up at $2.50 per bag by the time we moved. They were doing it in Toronto a long time ago, and it worked, so others were implementing it. Recycling was free, but you pay for garbage-kind of forces people to think about their choices. We got very diligent about recycling, and now we only throw out 1 can(ie a large bag) of garbage per week. This is pretty good considering we are a family of five, and one is in diapers. When we first got down to this we were still a family of 4, so I am pleased that even after expanding, we still can keep our garbage down-sometimes we don't even have a full bag, depending on a bunch of factors. I doubt we could get it less, maybe if we had the composter we did in Ontario, but we are moving shortly so we will figure that out at our new home.