Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Entry # 6, A Day of Consumption

This is a list I have created of everything I used in one day as well as everything I ate in that day.  This includes the packages that everything came in, (if applicable), as well as the calories of all of the food items.

                                                         

Food Item
Package
Calories
 Bowl of Rice Krispies Cereal
 Cardboard box
 130
 Half a cup of milk
 Plastic milk jug
 65
 Jamba Juice Smoothie
 Styrofoam cup
 250
 Dole Fruit cup
 Plastic cup with cardboard wrapping
 80
 Mini pack Sour Patch Kids candy
 Plastic bag
 60
 Michellini Chicken and Rice Frozen meal
 Cardboard box
 410
 Several glasses of water
 Water jug
 0


Total calories for the day = 995 calories

List of everything I handled today and what it came in:


Items I Handled
Packages (If applicable)
Alarm clock

Clothes

Hangers

Food
various
Refrigerator
Box
Sneakers
Box
Toothbrush
Plastic package
Toothpaste
Plastic tube
Door handle

Purse (keys, Phone, Sunglasses)

Laundry Detergent
Plastic jug
Washing Machine

Dryer

Notebook
Plastic wrapping
Folder

Television and remote
Box
Scrunchie

Watch

Bed Sheets
Plastic wrapping
Mattress
Box
Pillow

Desk chair

Desk

Pen
Plastic package
Paper
Wrapped in plastic
Shower

soap
Plastic bottle
Faucet

Water

Dishes
Box
Dishwasher

Dish Detergent
Cardboard box
Dish soap
Plastic bottle
stove



That is a lot of stuff, and a lot of plastic used for its packaging. I was very surprised by how many times I had to type plastic onto this list.

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