January
2008
Mission Possible: Recycling at My House!
I’ve been thinking of ways that I can make my house more green - or “lime” - the freshly squeezed version of green.
Like Spricket 24 suggested in the video yesterday, I could change all the lightbulbs in my house. I could start a compost pile (gross). I could even unplug everything that I’m not using. All of these steps are easy and could save me money. Or, they could save you money when utilized in your home.
But I’m in a unique situation. I have a roommate, and I don’t pay for electricity, or heat, or water. My roommate is also my landlord and owns the house. I rent a portion of the house and pay a flat fee every month. Money will not be my motivating factor in this situation, as it possibly could be for most others. Maybe even you.
My first lifestyle change: learning what to recycle, and how to recycle it. This is the current state of the recyling bin at my house.
There is a lot of sand in this bin. You can see the trail of sand from where I dragged it out of seclusion against the wall. There are also several other items that I dare not touch. It’s a man’s garage, and I don’t want to screw anything up.
I came home the other day, and my roommate was cleaning out his magazines. He had a stack of magazines nearly as tall as me, balancing against the wall. Outside of my bedroom door, there is now a pile of magazines waiting to be picked up on Thursday morning.
According to Keep Omaha Beautiful, I need to put the magazines in paper bags, and according to me, I need my roommate to do something with all that sand.
Keep Omaha Beautiful’s website provides a list of various items that are recyclable. Basically, clean paper. Newspaper. Paper books. Phone books. Magazines. Also, aluminum and steel cans, and plastic jugs and bottles… even my yogurt cups? Really? You have to check out this list! Apparently they don’t want my pizza boxes though. Hmm.
Good thing I stopped eating pizza yesterday. Again. Next time I’m at the grocery store, I will have to ask for paper bags instead of plastic. I need to stock up!
