Recycling Recharge
This is our very first monthly sustainability project, so we wanted to start with something fairly small and easily attainable. We decided to go with recycling. Our family already recycles a little bit, but only when it’s very convenient. Up until now, we haven’t started a dedicated recycling program in our home, even though it would be very easy. Our city has partnered with Abilities Unlimited to offer a Blue Bag program. Residents may request a blue trash bag to place their recyclables in. On trash pickup day, we simply place our full blue bag out beside the trash can, and the city will pick it up and leave another empty blue bag. Abilities Unlimited helps with the sorting of recyclable materials and their distribution to the appropriate facilities. They currently accept all aluminum and steel cans; all glass containers; and all plastic containers, as long as the lid opening is smaller than the container.
Today, we spent some time after lunch preparing our recycling receptacle, and we talked to the kids about what can and what can not go into the recycling bag. They seem to be very excited about getting started. Unfortunately, this project isn’t going to yield very many quantitative results that we will be able to share. It will just be running in the background. We will try to provide occasional updates on how it goes. As always, thank you for following us in our attempts at HOMESTEADING THE CITY.
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