{"id":3991,"date":"2015-04-22T13:19:35","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T17:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/?p=3991"},"modified":"2016-01-25T17:03:38","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T22:03:38","slug":"36596-uber-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/36596-uber-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"365+#96: Uber recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-earth.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-earth-150x150.gif\" alt=\"Days 365+96 Uber recycling earth\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-earth-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-earth-300x300.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-earth-1024x1024.gif 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>April 22 is Earth Day. This reminds me of the importance of decreasing our carbon footprint by the familiar formula: reduce, reuse, recycle. Many families, including us:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Typical\u00a0recycling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Put paper, cans, glass, plastic bottles, anything with a triangle (\u0394), into our city\u2019s curbside recycling service<\/li>\n<li>Compost vegetables and yard waste<\/li>\n<li>Take reusable cloth bags to\u00a0the grocery and other stores<\/li>\n<li>Take hazardous waste to the once a year collection point<\/li>\n<li>Pre-cycle by reducing the packaging that comes into our home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Go the extra mile:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4002\" style=\"width: 141px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-UberTerracycling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4002\" class=\" wp-image-4002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-UberTerracycling-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"bags eligible for terracycling\" width=\"131\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bags eligible for terracycling<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Drive a hybrid car and walk\/bike when\u00a0possible<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terracycle.com\/en-US\/\"><strong>Terracycle<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0stuff<\/li>\n<li>Pick up recyclables when\u00a0walking<\/li>\n<li>Take metal, electronics, plastic bags, etc. to appropriate collection places<\/li>\n<li>More often than not try to repair and reuse items and decrease our energy consumption.<\/li>\n<li>We exchange newspapers with our neighbor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BUT\u2026 I recently discovered my husband doing what I\u2019d call \u201c<strong>\u01d9ber Recycling<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-OJ-can.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3995\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-OJ-can-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Days 365+96 Uber recycling OJ can\" width=\"134\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a>1. It started with a simple orange juice concentrate can. I usually\u00a0just put the white plastic top strip and metal lid in recycling. But then I discovered that my husband\u00a0carefully separates the cardboard like container to release the bottom lid also. The film lined cardboard goes in the garbage. The top AND bottom lids go into recycling<\/p>\n<p>2. Later I noticed Jim\u00a0fiddling with an old teapot since he had just received a new one for his birthday. He wanted to recycle the metal but that meant removing the plastic parts. It took a bit of effort. Was it worth it? If you figure the cost of his time, I don\u2019t know, but it certainly qualified as an \u01d9ber Recycling effort.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-kettle-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3998\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-kettle-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Days 365+96 Uber recycling kettle-2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-kettle1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-kettle1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Days 365+96 Uber recycling kettle1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-kettle-1-e1429723053132.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3997\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-kettle-1-e1429723053132-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Days 365+96 Uber recycling kettle-1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-sheets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3996\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Days-365-96-Uber-recycling-sheets-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Days 365+96 Uber recycling sheets\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>3. Not to be outdone, I decided I would \u01d9ber Recycle something. Even though it was a cold winter day, I decided to hang our sheets out to dry. I usually hang sheets in the\u00a0Spring, Summer, and Fall &#8211; but never in Winter. I wasn&#8217;t sure if the sheets would dry or harden? Of course in prehistoric times (like 75 years ago when electric dryers were not common) or in cultures where line drying is common even today, this would not be remarkable.\u00a0It did take a little longer, but I&#8217;m here to tell you that it worked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two Questions to think about:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Sometimes we have to balance the trouble it takes to recycle vs available time. Have you ever pondered whether it was worth recycling a given object?<br \/>\n2. Do you have any creative recycling tricks or hints you\u2019ve learned? Please share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 22 is Earth Day. This reminds me of the importance of decreasing our carbon footprint by the familiar formula: reduce, reuse, recycle. Many families, including us: Typical\u00a0recycling: Put paper, cans, glass, plastic bottles, anything with a triangle (\u0394), into our city\u2019s curbside recycling service Compost vegetables and yard waste Take reusable cloth bags to\u00a0the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,36],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-3991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-process","category-waste-less-lent","tag-recycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3991"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4008,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991\/revisions\/4008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}