Recycling

So I know everyone knows about recycling. Its one of the three R's of being green: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Now, knowing that this is such an important part of keeping our planet just a little greener, I was sad when I noticed that my home for the summer (an apartment complex) had no recycling bins anywhere in the building! But never fear, I figured out a way to recycle. I thought it might be a good idea to share it with you too!

Now, I live only about a half mile from my college, which thankfully has a huge recycling program. They named it RecycAll and they have these bins and trashcans all around campus that take recycling. All of it. The same bin takes paper, plastic, glass, and cans. Pretty neat, huh? So I'm reusing plastic grocery bags (from when I forget to bring my own) to hold recycling in my apartment. Then once a week or so, I drive up to one of the campus parking garages and drop the bags into one of the bins. Everything will get recycled that way, even the plastic bag!

My boyfriend has a slightly different problem: he's never been a recycler. He and his mom just throw everything away. I'm still trying to convince him to start recycling. All he has to do is figure out when the trash truck comes to pick it up! Most trash companies out there nowadays have at least once a week where they pick up recycling. If you don't now, you might think about checking out their website!

Another option is this: Back home, my local rec center has a bunch of bins out in the back of their parking lot where there is recycling for boxes and newspaper and some other things. If your trash company won't pick up some of your recycling, take a look around your community. Some rec centers, and heck, even some landfills have recycling centers. Theres no excuse to not be doing it!