Monday, April 13, 2009

Oh, the waste!

McD's gave me five ketchup packets today. That got me thinking...

On average, for the past 25 years I have ate fast food at least four times per week. That's 4 visits * 52 weeks * 25 years = 5200 stops.

On average I get two ketchup packets per visit that I don't use.

That's over 10,000 wasted ketchup packets.

The above numbers are conservative. During the four years I worked weather I averaged more than 10 fast food stops per week.

3 comments:

  1. Dude, TAKE CONTROL of your take-away. I refuse bags, straws, secondary bags, tertiary bags, vinegar packets, extra ketchup, whatever I don't want. Do the same, UNLESS YOU WANT TO DUMP ON MOTHER EARTH! Of course, eating fast food this often is its own problem. Have a bean sprout wrap. Or a nice soy-falafel-bee pollen goulash.

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  2. Your cholesterol is how high? I would hardly say that ketchup packets are the worst things you take away from fast food.

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  3. I keep them and then use them for lunches. Between my children and my husband they come in handy and I don't have to buy as much.

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