discussion title:
"Going Green" tips - easy/free/cheap
message #:
1400.21 in response to 1400.1
date:
11/14/2008 12:36 pm
Set up a recycle station in your kitchen, utility room or garage and a) crush aluminum cans, b) bag plastic and glass containers, c) stack newspaper and when they reach a critical mass --- recycle them. Saves on raw materials becasue ALL of these can be reused...
We did this by putting a can crushed by the bak door and a waste can under it. Aluminum cans get crushed right away after rinsing. Two stackable bins nearby hold plastic (rinsed), glass (rinsed) and the stacked newspaper. All this costs us is what the two bins, the waste can and the crusher cost (we recycle garden-weight plastic bags to transport them to the recycle center but, if your waste pick-up has recycle days, you don't even need to use these!)...
