Years ago, my sister began recycling. I looked at this as too much work. While at her house I would forget that she recycled, and would go to throw away my recyclable object when she would remind me of her staunch stance on recycling. I'd have to rinse it out and put it where it belonged -- NOT in the trash. What a pain! I decided that it was not for me. Who has time for that?
Over the past several years I have complained to others about just how much trash our family of six produces. I'm talking a bag of garbage a day or two. And let me tell you, its not the sweet little kitchen size bags. I have used the Hefty TRASH bags for a long, long time now. Think large. Lots of trash. Heavy.
I've pictured our trash, combined with the neighbor's trash, combined with the community's trash, combined with, combined with... WHERE does all this trash go? Years of diapers x 1,000,000,000,000 babies in the U.S. alone. What, yearly?
Guilty as charged. My own four babies produced a lot of diapers plus, as a family of six, a lot of trash in general.
We recently switched to a garbage collection agency that also offers recycling. Maybe they all do, I don't know.
Yesterday, I prepared a large plastic bin for my recyclables. Right now there is a small collection of newspapers and magazines in there, as well as one aluminum can, one milk jug and one granola bar box.
We are going green! Well, as my title suggests, probably not "green" but slightly off color. Its a start.
Last winter John installed some of those lightbulbs that supposedly conserve energy. Are you familiar with them? They take a little while to "warm up", so when you first turn on the lights they are pretty dim. Took some getting used to.
Just a few weeks ago I bought the .99 blue Meijer bags to bring my groceries home. Can I tell you how awesome they are. I was bringing home probably fifteen of those plastic bags home every week. If you haven't purchased the reusable bags yet -- DO IT. Go to the store right now and get some. I'll never go back to plastic or paper for that matter. I'm telling ya, these bags rock. (Thanks for another super tip Kristie).
On tv, there are quite a few "green" shows. I was going through the guide looking for something to watch not too long ago and seen "Emeril Green" and when I switched to that channel I found it was Emeril. You know, the only guy in the world with that name, the very recognizable chef. For a moment I thought, is his last name Green?
Duh.
He's going green. I didn't watch the show, so I have no idea what its actually about. Just thought I'd give you a funny from ONE of my duh moments.
6 comments:
Good for you! I wish we had the option in I.C. I always recycled until we moved here. I've even hauled stuff to Kristie's and my mom's bins! LOL Got to be a hassle.
Even if it's "yellowish green", every little bit helps! But be careful about saying you're "going green" in front of U of M fans. =]
P.S. For the record, my last name has never been Green. LOL
Glad I am rubbing off on you with my recycling! I am a recycle junkie. I pull stuff out of the top of my garbage ALL the time. Of course with a big aggravated sigh. Tim is NOT green at all. Save the earth I say!! I even bring my water bottles from work home to recycle.
It doesn't take much to rinse things out and place them in your recycle bin. Shoot, my recycle bin is overflowing each week! I think I could use at least 2 bins.
It killed me while we were camping to see all those water bottles being thrown away.
Okay so I am not perfect, I do use aerosol hair spray! Eeeeks, don't turn me in.
Hey I just realized I do recycle....I give my old, not so old, and tired of wearing that outfit/clothes to the goodwill. Hmmmm I think their is hope for me going GREEN.
Oh I knew I should have checked my spelling and grammar.....
"there", not their...oopsy
It's really not so bad, though our family could only pass for something in the mint-ish hue...but we've already gotten quite used to the rinsing and sorting of containers, etc...and I LOVE the blue bags too! Forget green, they're just plain handy!
We are trying to be more green here too, though we have recycled for a long time. I never put food waste down my disposal (septic) so I tend to toss a lot of that in the garbage, and while I know that that stuff breaks down the quickest, I still would like to avoid putting that in the regular garbage, so I'm asking for a composter for my birthday! (I told you I haven't seen jewels since I was dating!!!)
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