For 2010 I resolve to “Go Green.”
Or, I should say I resolve to “Go Green(er).”
Recently our city started a curbside recycling program, which my husband instantly hated.
“Until they clean up our water,” he says, “Its useless to do anything else.”
He wont even TRY to separate the recyclable stuff.
I try to keep it separate, but he ends up tossing my stash in the trash.
See, he refuses to put the recycling trash can in the back yard where I can reach it. In fact, he refuses even to put it close to the fence, near the regular trash can.
For me to reach it I have to either get the key and unlock the back gate, or go out the front door and around the house.
So, instead of taking one thing out at a time I try to collect a bagfull and take it all at once.
Robert inevitably thinks the “trash” is taking too much counter space and ends up tossing it out.
So, I plan on stashing my recyclables in a different spot and making sure I get them into the recycling can before hubby tosses them.
Other “Greener” steps I plan to take are:
1. STOP USING SANDWICH BAGS: When I take lunch to work I had been putting everything in sandwich baggies. This year I’m going to nix the bags and put everything in reuseable plastic containers.
2. “UPCYCLE”: I’m going to try to us as much “junk” as I can for a different purpose. Such as large boxes becoming toys for my rats, and magazines being scavanged for pictures for my art before being tossed into the recycle can.
3. TURNING IT OFF: I have a tendancy to leave lights on. I leave the TV on even though I’m not sitting where I can see it most the time. I need to focus on turning off lights when I leave a room, and turning off the tv. I can use my small radio for background noise if/when I need it.
Thats all I have so far.
I’m open to any suggestions. Give me your simple and easy Green ideas.