We begin with...paper products?

I was thinking today's challenge was going to be CLOTHING.  Because there is too much of it and the Lupus people are coming to pick things up tomorrow, but somehow I ended up in the pantry.  There was a suspicious aroma in there and because it is trash day, I decided to finally go after it.  It was potatoes.  Some other stuff had to go too, and then I realized:

I have a truly alarming quantity of paper products.  Every time we load-in a show, ever time we have a birthday party, I always seem to take the extra home.  Which is great - we are totally ready for a kicking housewarming party.  Or the next show's load-in.  If people would stop buying paper products for 10 minutes.

Oooh, backtracking.  I do a lot of work in technical theater and believe that if people are working a long day, they do better if they eat.  Therefore...food.  Therefore paper products.  And when it is time to clean out, I can't just throw out a whole stack of plates or napkins or stir sticks.  You get the idea.

So here's a before.

So many paper plates.  Maybe I just need an entire cabinet devoted to paper plates.

And there's a Bin, reclaimed from random toys a few days ago.  Washed today:

And together...who knows...

Is it wrong that this gives me hope for a peaceful resolution?  

Now PLEASE.  Nobody buy any more paper plates or solo cups, K?