It’s Here! It’s Here!

Now I know what you are thinking, "She’s fell off her rocker"… her idea of a gorgeous picture filled feature is of her stinking’ recycle bin.

Seriously I haven’t. Bear with me for a moment. Even I know, no amount of Photoshop editing can make my new arrival look pretty. It’s the purpose of it that has me gleaming. I’ve been awaiting 3 years since we moved into our home for a pick up recycling system. A few weeks back our local waste company teamed up with our city to provide recycling bins and brand new very large garbage cans to everyone to "clean up the city". My son learned of recycling in 1st grade and has been awaiting the arrival. Little did I know our bin was going to be HUGE. I was expecting a little red box like you see in other places. Nope, this one is massive. There is a whole list of thing acceptable and not acceptable to throw in, so I’ll be printing up a list to hang on my fridge until we get the hang of it here at home. I dedicated a whole post on this to remind you, to check your local recycling information and maybe you’ll get a shiny new bin too.

In other recycling news this article How to: Track Junk Mail recently published on Apartment Therapy’s Re-Nest also got my wheels turning. Although I’m excited about recycling, I’d like to take as many necessary steps to prevent the "junk" and waste in the first place. My husband made a crack after I read on our bin that junk mail is acceptable. He said " We won’t have a problem filling it up with junk mail that’s for sure". You should see the amount of massive junk mail we get. Are you with me? It’s ridiculous. My first step to try and eliminate this. Check out DMA Choice Direct Marketing Association. You can remove your name from many mailing lists or add it to those you prefer.