i had a hard time picking an issue.
i know recycling is important, some people don't care about it. personally, my husband and i recycle as much as possible. so i'll talk about it.
last weekend i went to downtown denver for the sidewalk chalk exhibit in larimer (spelling?) square. it was amazing what people did with chalk!
last weekend i went to downtown denver for the sidewalk chalk exhibit in larimer (spelling?) square. it was amazing what people did with chalk!
here are a few of my favorite 'chalkings'.
at the exhibit there were different booths set up for different vendors including a booth unmanned that just had a display box with different items in different little cubbies. each cubby was labled with what the item was and how long it would take to decompose if thrown away and put in a landfill. it was amazing how long. the shortest amount of time was something like a leaf. the longest was styrofoam which doesn't decompose. diapers were rediculous, like 400 yrs or something (don't quote me). glass bottles, plastic bottles, shoes, etc. oh, and plastic bags are aweful!!! i was shocked!
it was even more encouragement to recycle. our trash just builds up over time and the amount of trash we compile in the short time we do is so vast compared to the time it takes for all of it to decompose. we are burying ourselves... this is the same world our offspring will have to live in, and many generations after. is it SO inconvenient to rinse things out well, put them in a bag or bin, and recycle it?! i understand some people don't have access to easy recycling, but there are recycling centers, so just put the stuff in bags, set it aside in your garage (it should be pretty clean after you've rinsed it out, so you shouldn't have a smell problem), and take it in when you get a good amount. less trips, still doing a great thing for future generations, and this planet. how grose to think about a planet that has so much trash built up that people have to build homes etc. on top of landfills, live next to them. a stinky mess.
reduce, reuse, recycle. good idea.
it was even more encouragement to recycle. our trash just builds up over time and the amount of trash we compile in the short time we do is so vast compared to the time it takes for all of it to decompose. we are burying ourselves... this is the same world our offspring will have to live in, and many generations after. is it SO inconvenient to rinse things out well, put them in a bag or bin, and recycle it?! i understand some people don't have access to easy recycling, but there are recycling centers, so just put the stuff in bags, set it aside in your garage (it should be pretty clean after you've rinsed it out, so you shouldn't have a smell problem), and take it in when you get a good amount. less trips, still doing a great thing for future generations, and this planet. how grose to think about a planet that has so much trash built up that people have to build homes etc. on top of landfills, live next to them. a stinky mess.
reduce, reuse, recycle. good idea.
1 comment:
I agree with you 100% jodi. I wish more people recycled. One of the points of AmeriCorps is to start a recycling program wherever we are living on our projects...nothing too big, but it starts with us!
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