Our House

When we were renting, we never had to worry about the cost of trash pickup or recycling - those were all included in our rent. Now, though, we’re trying to figure out how to reduce the monthly cost of our utilities as much as possible!

Our first step - getting a smaller garbage can! The standard cart the city provides is 94 gallons - we weren’t coming anywhere near to filling that - even without composting! On a tip from a coworker, we called 311 and asked the City to replace our cart with a smaller, 22 gallon one. We’re still not getting close to filling it, plus instead of the standard $5 monthly rental fee the big cart has, it’s only $2 a month for the little guy. It’s a small sliver of our overall utility bill, but we’ll keep hacking away at it!