{"id":1952,"date":"2012-01-31T07:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2014-09-28T13:46:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T17:46:33","slug":"36523-recycling-others-garbage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/36523-recycling-others-garbage\/","title":{"rendered":"365+#23: Recycling Other\u2019s Garbage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Jim and I try to take a daily walk around our neighborhood. It\u2019s partly for exercise and partly for reconnecting. On these walks we often see trash. In the spirit of both ecology and multi-tasking I figured why not pick up the cans, bottles, and paper we passed. It didn\u2019t take long to realize that this virtuous idea was both slowing down our walk and resulted in more than we could carry in two hands. The fact that all that stooping was probably good exercise didn\u2019t offset the interruption to our walking rhythm.<\/p>\n

The solution we compromised on was to take a bag with us and only pick up cans and plastic or glass bottles. (The paper litter and plastic bags would have to wait for other energetic souls. Watch the short mockumenary, The Majestic Plastic Bag<\/a> for motivation.) Alas, since our community has curbside recycling that takes almost all plastics, glass, metal, and paper, it\u2019s hard to understand why there\u2019s anything to pick up.<\/p>\n

We have several unscientific conclusions as a result of our experience:<\/p>\n

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  1. There is appreciably less trash in the very cold weather. (Perhaps it\u2019s because people aren\u2019t standing around outside.)<\/li>\n
  2. There is more trash around schools (our route passes two), bars (we pass one neighborhood bar), and railroad tracks. (We cross tracks in two places.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"\"<\/a>Now I will make my one-time rant about bottled water. I suppose it\u2019s better to drink bottled water than bottled pop, BUT it\u2019s generally unnecessary since municipal water is as clean or cleaner, way cheaper, and doesn\u2019t create as much pollution in its creation or disposal. OK! I\u2019ve said it. I won\u2019t continue to harp on this \u2013 other than the \u201cBottle Free Zone\u201d sign I have on our front and back doors. So there! Use a reusable water bottle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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