Good morning,
Its always nice to wake up to sunshine in Cleveland. Today is trash day and ironically it is also my neighborhood’s trash pick up day. Since I live in Mayfield Heights and the city does not offer recycling services, all week I have been organizing my trash and making different recycling bins. After everything was organized I realized that the amount of trash i actually make can all fit into one medium sized trash bag. It was the aluminum cans, bottles, and paper that took up the most room in my trash can. This morning I loaded my car with the bottles and cans and set out for East Cleveland to drop it off. Sure, its aluminum cans and plastic bottles, but what happens when you come across fluorescent lights or batteries, cell phone chargers, and old toys?
I see so many homes recycling the basic items but when it comes to techno-waste, most people are clueless. A lot of the manufacturers and retail stores have answers to these questions; just bring them back to the store and they will take care of them for you. But who really wants to go through all that trouble? The fact is that if we want to live sustainably we have to work at it; we have relied on convenience for too long and because of that, the thought of taking our own garbage back to the store depresses us, and the thought of taking our recycling to the nearest recycling center has made us tired. Cleveland Heights does its part with recycling, but the citizens have the opportunity to do more, think about your old electronics and where they could go; there are recycling centers that pay for old metals, even florescent light bulbs. Don’t think of just bottles and cans, think wires, cords, and metals. Good luck today, and throw away wisely.
http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/ecycling/donate.htm
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