Nice!
Our system needs some work:
Trash: Once a week
* Recycle bin (paper, plastics, glass, metals): every other week
yard waste -?? no pick up, no burning allowed, & composting rare. So, people who actually mow their own lawns are supposed to buy special neon orange stickers to put on their yard waste bags. I've seen the sanitation workers simply toss them in the garbage trucks.
*Other: I would think these items should be recycled but our current system allows them to be in trash.
Computer recycling: drive to Best Buy or Good Will or a town recycle event
Plastic shopping bags (like Walmart & grocery bags): Must return to the store. Seriously!? How hard would it be to smoosh them together & collect them with the recycling? Most people don't bother, so they go into the trash.
Batteries: Once a month the fire house has a toxic chemical collection. Old paints, chemicals, & I guess batteries. Long lines, so most people just toss them into the trash.
Light bulbs: Those compact fluorescent bulbs are a joke. They may use less electricity, but they certainly don't last & they contain mercury. Yep.... trash.
I have a milk jug containing about 10 yrs worth of batteries as well as a box of burned out cf bulbs. I hope I find a place to drop them off when their containers get filled. Probably the fire station, but I'd prefer a place with shorter lines.
Hatching is so addictive!!!
