Recycling
I am a firm believer in doing what you can for the environment and this includes using less, reusing things where possible and recycling.
Recycling paper, plastic, glass and metal things is such a part of my life that when I go to someone’s house and I’m helping them clean up after an event, I’m often shocked when I discover that someone doesn’t recycle. I must admit that my devotion to recycling is somewhat personal: I have never lectured someone on their decision not to recycle, nor have I offered to take their recyclable products that they refuse to recycle home with me.
When the city first started encouraging recycling, each household was provided with a blue box by the city:
and into this box, all paper, plastic, metal and glass were to go. If you had a stack of cardboard or newspapers or magazines, you were asked to bundle it, tie it with twine, and leave it beside your blue box.
After a few years (and probably a lot of frustration on the part of those people responsible for sorting recyclables), another box was added to our recycling system, the black box. The blue box was now exclusively for plastics, glass and metal, while the black box was for paper, cardboard, and any cartons that were not plasticized. Every other week you are expected to put either your blue or black box out to be picked up.
Now, recycling is assumed to be part of everyone’s life so it doesn’t get the attention it used to get from the city. I’m not even sure if you can still get a free recycling box anymore. However, if you would like to do your part for the environment, I encourage you to contact your city hall and see about getting yourself organized according to the system your city uses.
Happy recycling!
August 29th, 2007 at 3:20 am
I agree, recycling should be free and easy for all. Then maybe more would do it.
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August 30th, 2007 at 5:32 am
nn is getting better with recycling, hes starting to get items that actually belong there ,in there.. instead of everythingthat doenst