Part of being a good "green" citizen is living the "Reduce, Recycle, Reuse" mantra. In Nashville we are fortunate enough to have curbside recycling in most neighborhoods. They pickup paper, aluminum and plastic. I have faith that these items are actually being separated and recycled. I'm sure I could find out if I wanted to but I have faith. You'll notice they don't pick up glass. Well that's where "The Recycling Center" comes in. Just enter your zip code and you'll see all recycling centers in your area. I happen to have a full service recycling center within one mile of my house. Tara and I have been cleaning out the garage and the basement; in the garage we found some ancient household cleaners and volatile liquids and whatnot, my recycling center will take them from me.
Our recycling combined with our composting reduces our waste by something close to 90%. We have neighbors with 2 or 3 people in the house who put out 2 40gal trashcans each week and rarely put out the recycling container, which is picked up monthly. Tara and I put out 1 of the 40gal containers every other week and they rarely have more than 3 or 4 tall kitchen trash bags in them and we put out a full recycle container every month!
So, please rethink what you throw out and try to reduce, recycle and reuse more than you do now.
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Our recycling combined with our composting reduces our waste by something close to 90%. We have neighbors with 2 or 3 people in the house who put out 2 40gal trashcans each week and rarely put out the recycling container, which is picked up monthly. Tara and I put out 1 of the 40gal containers every other week and they rarely have more than 3 or 4 tall kitchen trash bags in them and we put out a full recycle container every month!
So, please rethink what you throw out and try to reduce, recycle and reuse more than you do now.
Technorati Tags: recycle, jai, household, waste, trash
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