Living Green Also Means Recycling

To continue the series on Living Green, we certainlydid the same? Now that could be a trend that would
cannot deny the importance of recycling early on.really make a difference.
Have you ever stopped to think about how muchPicture the smile on the faces of your children
waste is generated on a daily basis by the entirecounting the money that they just collected for
planet? Where in the world are we going to put it all?turning in all those aluminum cans that they have
And what about the long term effects it has on ourbeen saving. My wife and I have stopped disposing
environment! The answer to that is really twofold, 1.of batteries by purchasing a charger for all our small
Stop generating so much waste and 2. Recycle asbatteries we use in the house. My wife also
much as you possibly can.purchased canvas shopping bags to replace the paper
As individuals and as families, we can do our part toor plastic decision at check out. Every little bit we do
help with both of the issues mentioned above. Toall adds up when put with what everyone else does.
reduce our "waste footprint", we can make it a pointWe have to be willing to make some changes in our
to not purchase or use items that do not come inbehaviors in order to see some great things happen
reusable containers. We all know that Styrofoamin recycling.
damages the environment so we should ask forDid you know that even cars are being recycled? I
paper instead. Purchase items in containers that cansaw a lumber yard the other day that specialized in
be recycled. If you go online and look for sites on"used lumber". I guess that means we are recycling
"Recycling", you can find lists of things that can andhouses! Well, we really have been when we buy a
are being recycled. Just thing about what ends up inhome that has been lived in. Of course one of the
our landfills to be buried.many issues though is that it can be expensive to
If we start a compost pile for our garden (for livingrecycle certain materials. However, research has
green), that would save on waste to be picked up.shown that the cost is worth it if it will reduce the
Anything that we can use again or in a differentamount of materials that end up as waste.
fashion would cut down on waste. Many of ourCompanies are being encouraged to come up with
communities have recycling centers when items canbetter packaging methods as well.
be taken and dropped off for pickup at a later date.Until next time when we cover another area of Living
Can you imagine the impact if we took a load to theGreen and what we can do in the recycling scheme
recycle center every week? What if more familiesof things.