recycle more

The town held an event for Earth Day, and we were able to meet the guy in charge of the city’s recycling. He answered a bunch of questions from us, and now we know where to take most of the stuff which was still going in the trash. Without curbside recycling, it takes a little effort but it’s worth it. Every week our herbie-curbie (trash can) is only about 1/4 full, and that’s mainly bathroom and cat trash. I look at the neighbors’ trash overflowing and it makes me confident that we’re doing well.

good for recycling, which i know they really gonna do something with the garbage. i just need to separate my garbage and take there and make it a routine.

only separating things to recycle i think i should really find a place that is really concerned about the recycling cause and see what they’re doing with the “garbage”.

I have not posted on this site in two years. Since then, I have added a bin for aluminum, clear plastic, and cardboard that I use regularly. I also have a bin for glass and tin, but currently they are full of mulch and compost that I am holding for use in the garden. I also have a bucket in the garage that I put my daily compostables into, and a compost barrell in the back to make ammendments to the garden. I also have gotten away from buying plastic water bottles for drinking purposes. I now use a filtered water pitcher or the tap from the refrigerator for drinking water. Sounds like I have improved quite a bit from two years ago.

I’ve tried to get the house recycling more, but my problem is that there are no nearby recycling receptacles, so everything just builds up in the corner of the dining area until we get fed up and start chucking it to the garbage dumpster. i can’t make the 30 minute trip out to the sam’s parking lot every week just to recycle. it really is a shame. there’s got to be a better way to do this…
maybe if i do a little research (ie drive around to scope out recycling bins around town).

I saw the lorry the bin men drive and ir said on the side “next stop landfill, think before you throw”. i know its obvious but i knd of forgot that all our rubbish that we dont recycle goes into the ground. will definately recycle more!

we FINALLY took our growing pile of cans, bottles, & plastic to the recycling center! it made me feel really good, its a small step, but most definitely worth it. my next goal is to go more regularly.

Seriously, i was so excited to start this whole recycling thing. Its been only a few weeks, and we’ve just been collecting so far, but its gotten out of hand… piles of cans, bottles, & plastic… its so horrible! and the worst part is the recycling center isnt even that far away, its just making time to take it down… although, i was looking at the pile last night, feeling a bit overwhelmed, but then i realized all the things i was going to recycle would normally just go in the trash, it was nice when i realized that all of it will go to a better use, and that’s just my house, i cant even imagine if EVERYONE recycled how wonderful that would be…

i really want to get a compost heap for food waste , hopefully i’ll have access to a garden at my new place in london and that the landlord will let me! :p

already recycle all paper and card – and have started composting. want to take glass jars and bottles to the recycling now, as well