Aluminum Can in a Paper Sack
Ken and I walk almost everyday for exercise and while walking we noticed the trash and aluminum cans along the way. We decided to do what we could to pick up the aluminum cans and the trash. If there is a place to dispose of the trash nearby, we dispose of that, but the aluminum cans we crush and haul home to add to our storage container. When we collect a container full, we take them to the local recycling center for cash. It's not very much but we use that cash for yard equipment we need.
Have you ever heard of the term "hidden in plain sight"? As the pictures above and below show, if you are not looking for this, it can be easily overlooked, especially with the background of brown leaves and branches. Another interesting place we have found them has been bushes and trees overhanging the ditch or street. It has been comical to me to see where these cans land.
It is not only aluminum cans that we find but coins, silverware, baseball bats, baseball gloves, baseballs, golf balls, and drinking glasses have been discovered along our walk.
Recycling is a valuable venture to undertake in this day and time. The plastic grocery bags from the store tend to collect quickly at our house. I have determined to remember to take cloth tote bags with me to use instead. Future plans for me are to make tote bags from dog food bags, birdseed bags, or any suitable bag to convert into a tote bag. I have also discovered a web site for making rugs out of those pesky plastic grocery bags.
Ken and I have determined that if plastic bottles ever reach the point of having a cash value we just might be rich. Maybe not.
One of the most disgusting items we have run across on our walks are used disposable diapers. It is so refreshing to read that the cloth diapers are coming back into use by some moms today.
We are fortunate to live in a city that has a recycling program in place. We have trash pickup twice a week. One day a week is designated as recycling day. Recycling bins are provided by the city for residents to place their recyclables in and set by the curb. A list is given to each resident of acceptable items for recycling. Among items the city will take are plant brush, tree limbs, appliances, furniture and bagged leaves on designated days.
Because of local lakes, the city has a storm water pollution solution program also. Residents are encouraged to plant plants and trees that are native to our area and use landscaping practices to impact the natural environment, especially water quality and water conservation, composting and recycling yard wastes. There is also emphasis on mulching.
I would like to hear about some of your ways you recycle our enormous amount of waste that we Americans provide. Let me hear from you.
Shirley
.
Have you ever heard of the term "hidden in plain sight"? As the pictures above and below show, if you are not looking for this, it can be easily overlooked, especially with the background of brown leaves and branches. Another interesting place we have found them has been bushes and trees overhanging the ditch or street. It has been comical to me to see where these cans land.
It is not only aluminum cans that we find but coins, silverware, baseball bats, baseball gloves, baseballs, golf balls, and drinking glasses have been discovered along our walk.
Recycling is a valuable venture to undertake in this day and time. The plastic grocery bags from the store tend to collect quickly at our house. I have determined to remember to take cloth tote bags with me to use instead. Future plans for me are to make tote bags from dog food bags, birdseed bags, or any suitable bag to convert into a tote bag. I have also discovered a web site for making rugs out of those pesky plastic grocery bags.
Ken and I have determined that if plastic bottles ever reach the point of having a cash value we just might be rich. Maybe not.
One of the most disgusting items we have run across on our walks are used disposable diapers. It is so refreshing to read that the cloth diapers are coming back into use by some moms today.
We are fortunate to live in a city that has a recycling program in place. We have trash pickup twice a week. One day a week is designated as recycling day. Recycling bins are provided by the city for residents to place their recyclables in and set by the curb. A list is given to each resident of acceptable items for recycling. Among items the city will take are plant brush, tree limbs, appliances, furniture and bagged leaves on designated days.
Because of local lakes, the city has a storm water pollution solution program also. Residents are encouraged to plant plants and trees that are native to our area and use landscaping practices to impact the natural environment, especially water quality and water conservation, composting and recycling yard wastes. There is also emphasis on mulching.
I would like to hear about some of your ways you recycle our enormous amount of waste that we Americans provide. Let me hear from you.
Shirley
.
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