| Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| Think before you toss |
I never would have guessed that the most complicated thing about moving would be learning the new trash and recycling system. Back at the condo, all trash was bagged and sent down the chute, whereas papers, cans and bottles went into bins in the garage. (It was quite an innovation when, about a year ago, we stopped having to sort our papers from our cans and could put them all in the same bin.)
The situation here in Brigadoon is quite different. On our first morning here, we received three cans -- a small gray one and two larger ones in blue and green. The gray one is for trash; the blue for recycling; and this is where it gets complicated: the green one is for "organics." I had assumed that the green can would just be for leaves and yard debris, but according to the trash collectors' web site, it's also for so much more. Used Kleenex and tea bags can go in the organics can, which is good, as my office trash can contains those two items almost exclusively. Newspaper goes in the blue can, unless it's food-soiled, in which case you throw it in the green can. Paper towels that wiped up food spills go green; ones you used to clean the mirror with Windex are regular trash. Q-Tips with wooden wands are organic, the plastic ones are not. Frozen food boxes, which I used to recycle with our newspapers, are supposed to go in the green can. Wine corks are green, lids and caps are blue.
If you're stumped by anything, there's an email address where you can send your questions. I feel like it's going to take me a while to learn the recycling ropes, and will require lots more trash cans inside the home; in the bathroom, for instance, I'll have to have one can for tissues (organic) and another for used dental floss, toothpaste tubes and deodorant packaging. |
posted by 125records @ 1:04 PM  |
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I've never seen the recyclable/organic split before. Our recycling rules have been relaxed substantially recently, but I still put pizza boxes and the like with the regular trash.
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I've never seen the recyclable/organic split before. Our recycling rules have been relaxed substantially recently, but I still put pizza boxes and the like with the regular trash.