I use our recycle bin and have already been in the habit for a long
time to recycle things (I even recycle toilet paper rolls). I did not
realize that garbage bags were going up in price so in a way
I am saving by recycling as much as possible - I use less
garbage bags.
I don't have a garbage disposal in my sink
(it broke when we moved in and I never wanted to get
it fixed plus it takes electric power to run). I learned from
someone to put food waste into a plastic store bag and
freeze it until ready for garbage day. That way I don't have
smelly garbage (food causes most smells in garbage can).
We reserve one little section of our refridgerator freezer
for this.
We use a shredder for personal papers and I take the
shreddings and put in my compost and it seems to do well.
I had not known that aluminum cans fetched so much, but now
will be more on the look out for them. A man at my park I walk
at gets there at 6:30 a.m. (during daylight savings time) and
goes over all the garbage on Sunday and Mondays - now I
know why.
We set out an old broken dishwasher and someone drove
by and picked it up before the garbage could collect it. My
husband used to work with a landfill and people would pick
up things like this and take it in for money for the scrap
metal money.
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