Earth Day is this week so in celebration we are going to talk about recycling. My husband and I started recycling over a year now. Yeah, we were slow to get started. We always knew we should recycle but for some reason just never took the effort to. Then one day my sister was telling me how much money they save from their garbage service by recycling, and the next week we started.
To get started I checked out our local recycling center verses going through a curbside service. Mentally thinking going to a recycling center didn't limit us on the amount we recycled verses curbside where most services have a container size which might limit your efforts. So, at our recycling center we can put all glass, cans, plastics in one bin. And all paper and light cardboard (like cereal boxes) in another bin. The last bin is for thick cardboard like boxes you get from UPS, etc. Very easy!!
The cost for recycling $0, unless you count gas to get to the recycling center. We no longer have a garbage bin because we don't have very much trash now. We use garbage bags bought from our garbage service. We save $10 a month or $120 a year!
Just knowing that you are helping to keep the earth clean feels so good. It was and still is amazing to see how much we recycle every week! Try it, you gotta see it for yourself.
Tip on cleaning out the peanut butter jar: put steaming hot water in the jar and put the lid on it. Let it sit overnight. Next day take your sink sprayer and the peanut butter comes right off!
Celebrate Earth Day in style....start recycling! Snack Smarts recycles too. We recycle as much as we can, mainly boxes and paper.
Would love to hear your tips on recycling.
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