It's not food packaging waste that's generating the garbage difference.
From what I saw with my own eyes, it is. Either that or your waste bins are still too small
Do you know the rather curious sport of dumpster diving? A friend of mine from Madison/Wisconsin told me about it: Each year when the students move out of their rooms at university, they throw everything away. Everything. They don't take it with them, they don't sell it. No. With the room also goes the interior. My friend has about 5 complete and intact PC's, 2 laptops and 3 TV sets due to dumpster diving.
Okay, let's compare basics. How much is four liters of milk there?
A bit less then 3 Euros. Frankly I do not buy milk so often and if I buy it, I go for the premium stuff, which is nearly 1 Euro per liter.
However, the reason why I responded with irony to this topic, is that I simply cannot read or hear those compulsive justifications for buying big cars/trucks anymore. Because that's what it is: Not reasons but justifications. There is no practical reason whatsoever in buying them for a private person who lives in a city. None. Zip. All those "reasons" are in fact justifications, almost apologies for having an unnecessarily huge car. I'm sick of hearing that they
need those machines to carry stuff around.
Why can't they simply admit, that the one and only reason is that they love BIG, that they have a fondness for big V8 gas guzzlers with the weight and air drag of a bomb shelter? End of story. No justification needed. There is no shame in admitting that one loves trucks or SUV's or big sedans. I also love big cars (with the exception of pickup trucks), at least as long as they are fast, too.
So come on. Have the courage to say: "No, I don't really need it but I love it".