I have reusable mugs for Caribou and Kwik Trip, but I don't always remember to bring them. My goal now is to avoid all disposable cups. That means I will need to wash my mugs and have them on hand! 

I have become more aware of packaging of items. Growing up there was so much more paper and glass used (and I'm not that old either). Today, the majority of items are made from plastic. I had a discussion with someone on this topic and wondered how packaging majors (UW-Stout has one) could redesign packaging to utilize less plastics. In the meantime, I do not know how I could recycle one-time use packaging items that do not fall under the traditional recycling areas (such as the packaging from chicken or a bag of carrots).