Good looking out for the planet! We chose not to pay for trash once we moved to the country. Luckily we don't have to sort our recycling and it's free, too. I might make a post about, actually. We don't have a burn yet but it's next on our list. We put almost all of our paper products, cept toilet paper, in our compost.
I should clarify. We don't pay monthly for trash service but twice a year I drive to dump with trash bags and recycling bags and separately to glass recycle bins. We do not have a burn "pile" but need one. We'd be able to cut trash to once a year and about 20 bucks instead of 40.
To answer your question...and some people do not like the idea of composting paper or cardboard with ink on it because of what chemicals are in the ink. We made the decision to and the worms don't seem to mind. ( ; first of, we mostly cold compot. Ie. Don't turn the pile. Started turning this year for faster results. We were just throwing everything in as it was, but the wind was carrying it away. We decided to start shredding. That's become mom's past time. However, we cut the plastic out of the envelopes and do not put glossy papers occasionally we miss some but it's easy to find it and pull it out because it doesn't break down. The big thing with adding paper is to not put it on too thick or it will smother air which makes compost anaerobic. A goopy slimy mess. Or maybe it's aerobic. I get things switched around haha. With it being shredded now, it's less of a problem. We mix it our straw as it's considered a brown, carbon, addition. The best items would be food dirtied paper towels, paper towel and toilet paper rolls, standard envelopes, plain cardboard, paper bags, etc. However, as I mentioned we use probably 95% of our paper products and have 1/3 the recycling bags now.
Brilliant display of sustainability Amber!
We recycle all of our household waste and I compost the fruit and veggie scraps and peels too! It's permaculture live thorough and through here! that we love to live by!
Keep up the great work!
Darren!
Half the battle is to make it second nature, I think. Having a system helps a lot!
We're lucky (?) in Indiana that there's no deposit on beverage cans, however the recyclers pay around forty five cents a pound. I could fit a hundred pounds of crushed cans in my last van. Well worth the effort and trip!
Nice to see some recycling! We recycle all that we can and I use some big bags with cute owls on them for storing everything at home, it just makes it a little more fun!
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SO refreshing to see a positive attitude and real action involved when recycling. Locally people are complaining about 4 weekly non recyclable waste collection as a way of improving recycling.
Good looking out for the planet! We chose not to pay for trash once we moved to the country. Luckily we don't have to sort our recycling and it's free, too. I might make a post about, actually. We don't have a burn yet but it's next on our list. We put almost all of our paper products, cept toilet paper, in our compost.
I hadn't thought about composting the paper waste. Do you shred it first, or just put in in the compost bin?
I should clarify. We don't pay monthly for trash service but twice a year I drive to dump with trash bags and recycling bags and separately to glass recycle bins. We do not have a burn "pile" but need one. We'd be able to cut trash to once a year and about 20 bucks instead of 40.
To answer your question...and some people do not like the idea of composting paper or cardboard with ink on it because of what chemicals are in the ink. We made the decision to and the worms don't seem to mind. ( ; first of, we mostly cold compot. Ie. Don't turn the pile. Started turning this year for faster results. We were just throwing everything in as it was, but the wind was carrying it away. We decided to start shredding. That's become mom's past time. However, we cut the plastic out of the envelopes and do not put glossy papers occasionally we miss some but it's easy to find it and pull it out because it doesn't break down. The big thing with adding paper is to not put it on too thick or it will smother air which makes compost anaerobic. A goopy slimy mess. Or maybe it's aerobic. I get things switched around haha. With it being shredded now, it's less of a problem. We mix it our straw as it's considered a brown, carbon, addition. The best items would be food dirtied paper towels, paper towel and toilet paper rolls, standard envelopes, plain cardboard, paper bags, etc. However, as I mentioned we use probably 95% of our paper products and have 1/3 the recycling bags now.
I try to recycle but I am not so consistent in doing it ;(.
It's not always easy to keep up with the recycling, it does take a certain amount of time.
Brilliant display of sustainability Amber!
We recycle all of our household waste and I compost the fruit and veggie scraps and peels too! It's permaculture live thorough and through here! that we love to live by!
Keep up the great work!
Darren!
Thank you!
Half the battle is to make it second nature, I think. Having a system helps a lot!
We're lucky (?) in Indiana that there's no deposit on beverage cans, however the recyclers pay around forty five cents a pound. I could fit a hundred pounds of crushed cans in my last van. Well worth the effort and trip!
Yes, that would certainly make it worth the trip!
Nice to see some recycling! We recycle all that we can and I use some big bags with cute owls on them for storing everything at home, it just makes it a little more fun!
Making it more enjoyable does help with the recycling efforts.
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SO refreshing to see a positive attitude and real action involved when recycling. Locally people are complaining about 4 weekly non recyclable waste collection as a way of improving recycling.