I'm not a fanatic, and I don't think the world is going to end tomorrow if I keep burning gas and forget to recycle my cans but I also don't see any reason for all the waste that we have and I really like the idea of recycling and reusing or repurposing old things.
Here is what I'm doing and I'm just curious to see what, if anything you're doing.
1. I recycle here in Seabrook, the trash guys pick up cans, bottles and that stuff once a week and we take in newspapers and boxes to the recycle bin at the library.
2. We use reusable grocery bags. I like that we get to reuse them but I am also tired of collecting all those plastic grocery bags.
3. Since we remodeled the house we are much more energy efficient here, double pane windows and a 16 seer AC unit.
4. We are switching to CFL bulbs when the old ones burn out. There are a few places that the old standard bulbs are staying though because the CFLs don't fit inside the globe.
5. I bought an electric weed eater when the old gas one called it quits, it is a Ryobi cordless model. It works fine for my rather small yard but I would not recommend it for anything much bigger. It just does not have that much power.
6. The wife carpools to work, I'm pretty sure that the fact that she saves money and she gets to nap on the way to work means more to her than the environmental impact but who cares, it still counts.
