Okay, I’m off to a good start this morning. I actually remembered to collect my personal trash which is pretty amazing. The man and young men in my family actually agreed to collect their personal trash on Saturday. We all made our predictions though Nathan's is a bit hard to hear because he thought his identity should remain anonymous.
Mark and Brandon's predictions:
Nathan's prediction:
My prediction:
Recycling efforts should be easy
I'm really interested in recycling efforts and services offered in communities. If recycling efforts aren't relatively easy, I fear the general public won't buy into it. When we moved to Johnson County in 2008 I had a a difficult time trying to figure out what to do with my recycling. Some people in our neighborhood had curbside recycling and my investigations revealed we were on the wrong side of street to have the some convenience. I called Johnson County Waste Management to learn that a drop off site was about the mile up the road from our home. What is great about the site is that the glass, metal, and plastic doesn't have to be sorted. I will admit that I sometimes pack the items in the car and then forget to drop off which is frustrating, but for the most part the drop site works well for us.
My kids were adamant that we have a recycling station in our new house. So we did set up an area in our laundry room to serve as our station. We have a place for paper as well as place for our plastics, glass, and metal. It seems the difficult task in our house is getting the items from the kitchen to the station. Members of the household, who shall remain nameless, throw recyclables in the trash instead of taking them the extra 10 steps to the recycling station we set up. UGH
So I am interested in how recycling does or doesn't work in other homes. Do most people set up recycling stations? If so, are items sorted in the home? Who's responsible for the recycling efforts in homes? Is it a team effort? Or is one person the "go to" person?
There is definitely a "go to" person in my household - me! Although, I agree that kids in general seem enthusiastic about recycling. That message seems to be getting through to the next generation. It will be interesting to see how many bags you collect. Fun idea to film prediction videos!
ReplyDeleteMy recycling bin is just outside the garage door off the kitchen, so there is really no excuse for not recycling items from the kitchen. We are pretty good about shampoo bottles, and kleenex boxes from upstairs too. We just leave them next to the wastepaper basket in the room, and get them on trash day. It works fairly well for us. It's only when visitors come that I find bottles and cans and cereal boxes in the kitchen trash. My kids are pretty good about telling their friends to recycle.
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