Those guys who left me a note back in September are back at it again!  They left that first one with the hearts a while ago.  They drew the hearts on the credit card receipt that I had to turn in at the end of the night, so I took a picture of it.

Then they came in Thursday night, and again, tried to get me to sell them alcohol (they’re all under 21). This one says “Bye!  You should totally serve us alcohol next time.” They also wrote that on the back of the credit card recipt, so I had to pass that in at the end of the night, too!

My mom bought this “eco” Palmolive dishwasher detergent.  It’s nice that she’s trying to be better at saving the environment… but I’m not sure how “green” this really is. They say it doesn’t contain phosphates.  I don’t even know what phosphates are (a salt of phosphoric acid)!  There are no ingredients listed on the bottle.  That’s a BAD sign. Let’s look into it.  *Does a quick google search*

Not so green.  It contains bleach.  According to this article, which was posted back in March (if only we had read it then!), it’s no good!  They recommend Seventh Generation dishwasher detergent which contains neither phosphates nor chlorine (but I’m not sure if it can be bought at our local store).

My mom tries hard, but she’s not such a good green shopper. We have Seventh Generation toilet paper and paper towels at Market Basket (our local, most inexpensive grocery store),  and she doesn’t buy either.  I complained about the bread she bought today (I think it was bread), and she said “Maybe you should do all the shopping!”  I gladly said “Ok.”  She doesn’t really mean it though.  But seriously, I’d do a good job at doing the grocery shopping.  I look into things like whole grains, fiber, calories, healthy stuff like that.

Update:  I told my mom, and she got really upset.  She thought she was buying something that was good for the environment.  It hasn’t been used, so I’m going to return it, and look for the Seventh Generation one.

I was in the shower the other day, and I was looking at all the different things I had in the shower, and all the different recycling numbers they had on them.  Each bottle had a different number!  So then I started to think “Which numbers am I suppose to avoid again?”  I know there are certain numbers that are worse than others.  Today, in my RSS feed, I got my question answered from Green Daily!  Here’s the breakdown:  The safer plastics are #1, 2, 4, and 5. Try to avoid 3, 6, and most plastics labeled with number 7.  For a complete list of all the plastics, and what the numbers mean, see Plastics 101!  And remember, never microwave with plastic (use flass instead), and use wax paper or paper towels (even better, use a cloth napkin or cloth towel, because that won’t lead to trash).

So remember, avoid plastics 3,6, and 7!