Go Green Easily: Recycle

Mr. Don


Go green easily and start recycling.

Recycling is more than rinsing the garbage out and putting it in bins on the curb or going to a center. Recycling is also done by reusing grocery bags for future shopping or poop-scooping. New uses for old items is recycling, as is composting. Searching out post-consumer recycled packaging of your favorite products is also supporting the effort. Reducing our contribution to loading up garbage barges and landfills is becoming more and more important. The less garbage we have, the less fuel is needed to transport it, the less land is swallowed in trash and the more empowered you feel doing your part for your planet.

Go green easily by recycling and get some change.

Recycling in some areas is rewarded with cash and who can't use a little extra green for going green? Many towns, county dumps and grocery stores have a cash back policy for aluminum, tin, plastic bottles, cardboard and other paper products so it's worth checking out before tossing something to the curb.

Call your local trash company, look on line or try asking at the library for information about your local programs. Most phonebooks have a section for newcomers that gives out this information so your resources are out there.

According to the EPA, over 260 million pounds of recyclable items hit the landfills every year in addition to 2 billion water bottles and 16 million gallons of recycle oil. That's an awful lot of energy wasted making new containers that didn't need creating. There are still far too many towns that make recycling feel like a major hassle instead of a needed task. Several areas in Washington state, as an example, charge you for home pick up of recyclables. Seattle, among a growing number of other cities and towns, has patrons just dump all their non-plant matter recycling into one bin and yard/garden waste into another. This creates jobs for the sorters and patrons feel encouraged to do their part.

Go green easily: recycle in as many ways as you can.

Donate items to charities, use consignment stores, reuse jars and other containers in a new and useful way or distress and tap into your creative side. By turning rags into rugs, chipped mugs into folksy vases or wine bottles into candle holders you have lowered your stress with artistic and responsible flair. You can utilize your trash service, turn it into art or get some cash, the choices are there.

We have gotten too used to tossing things out before rethinking their alternate uses. Saddly this same attitude is being re-enacted by our children, who unless we start now to intervene, will pass it on to their children

Not recycling can be hard on our hard-earned paychecks and planet.

Learn what you can do now to begin to recycle in ways that are easy to do and will have a big impact on the planet. Sign up for the Free E-course to get started right away!

Until next time,
Take care and be safe!

Mr. Don


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