Like many people, I am concerned with our environment and keeping it enjoyable for future generations. That’s the very reason that I recycle…everything. It’s better to be safe than sorry with the environment in my opinion. If it isn’t a dirty diaper, gooey tissue, or food scraps, I toss it into the recycle bin and let the recycling company sort it all out. Shoes, holey socks, newspapers (we have LOTS of those due to our 3 newspaper subscriptions…more if you include the papers we take from our neighbors), milk cartons, an old dishwasher (spread out over multiple bins of course), wrappers, etc.
Since I am the man of the house, trash and recycling is usually my responsibility. I regularly empty the trash, but the recycle bin is a different matter. Our recycle bin (a clothes basket) doesn’t fill up as fast as the trash and I neglect to empty it for as long as possible. Additionally, a trip to the recycle bin is a 1/4-mile round trip and not very pleasant experience when carrying 50-lbs of paper, cans, bottles, and other random, smelly waste.
Even us die hard recyclers get lazy at times and I dumped it all in nearest trash tonight! I felt a little guilty, but I was more than happy to be rid of it.
Since I am the man of the house, trash and recycling is usually my responsibility. I regularly empty the trash, but the recycle bin is a different matter. Our recycle bin (a clothes basket) doesn’t fill up as fast as the trash and I neglect to empty it for as long as possible. Additionally, a trip to the recycle bin is a 1/4-mile round trip and not very pleasant experience when carrying 50-lbs of paper, cans, bottles, and other random, smelly waste.
Even us die hard recyclers get lazy at times and I dumped it all in nearest trash tonight! I felt a little guilty, but I was more than happy to be rid of it.
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