Benefits of Recycling

Plant a garden. Start a compost pile. We’ve been just thinking about it for 3 years. Just thinking about it. We wanted a garden. We wanted a compost pile. We had the place for them. My kids were collecting seeds for the garden. 3 years! This year we did it! My family was out in the backyard, doing it, planting that garden AND composting! It took one trip to Home Depot to get the tiny vegetable plants and the soil or manure or whatever. The plants were maybe $2 each. … Continue reading →

Reduce, reuse, recycle. Sometimes I’m overwhelmed by all this “Go Green” hype. I want to take on the world. I want my planet healthy. I want to make our earth a good place when I leave it to my children. YIKES! There’s so much to do. Where to start? …maybe I’ll just think about it some more. NO. Big issues are often started with a few concerned, aware people, well before the word gets out to big corporations and law makers that there is a change that needs to be … Continue reading →

What are you doing tomorrow to celebrate the Fourth? While jogging this morning, I saw so much trash on the road. How can people think they can just throw a can or an empty bag out the window of their car? Tomorrow morning to celebrate the Fourth, I’m going to take an hour out of my day to clean up my neighborhood. It’s a little thing that I can do to hopefully make a difference. Better yet, if you’re celebrating and going to the beach, why not spend an hour … Continue reading →

Do you recycle cans and bottles? At stores, we pay 5cents for each beverage container we purchase. The bigger bottles and cans, we pay 10cents. It’s called the CRV (California Refund Value). Whether we recycle them or not, that’s what we pay. We can get this money back when we bring them empty to the recycling centers. Not a lot of us do this. I found this statistic on www.conversation.ca.gov: “Californians bought 21.9 billion carbonated and non-carbonated drinks in aluminum, glass, plastic and bi-metal containers last year. More than 14.7 … Continue reading →