Recyling
And why don't you recycle?
I'm amazed when I see people who don't recycle.
I'm not talking about "hardcore" as in a mulch pit for vegetable matter. I'm
just talking about aluminum cans, glass, plastic, and
cardboard.
Some people are required to.
My in-laws in San Diego have large bins. One bin gets lawn clippings and similar
matter. The other gets the rest that I listed above. Other people have to
separate materials into different, smaller bins. We don't have mandatory
recycling where we live in Lincoln but it's not that big of a
deal.
I bought some bins and we
separate out the different types (plastic, cans, etc.) as the week goes. Then,
every week or so I drive a few minutes to the nearest public recycling place and
drop everything off. It takes very little of our time and we eliminate at least
one large bag of garbage each week. Don't think of the weekly benefit but the
lifetime benefit. And then think if every family did
it.
The place I used to work didn't do
recycling because they weren't willing to put the time in. They do some
recycling now because one of the faculty accidentally embarrassed them into
doing it. It got out why they weren't doing it (short-sighted and didn't give a
damn) and so they started doing it. Well, they gave a different
reason...
So, instead of whining about
it. Just shut up and do it. :)
Posted: Sat
- August 14, 2004 at 04:22 PM