“We couldn’t even train Connor that quick”.

I admit the only things we recycle right now are Glass/Aluminum. Anything that burns we burn. The main reason behind burning plastic is that the recycle center down the road doesn’t take plastic or I would. Another problem we have is we really don’t have a place to store the stuff. When I use to live on Oliver Street we had a enclosed back porch that with a little work I turned into a nice recycling station. Newspapers/Magazines here, Plastic there, Cans in the bucket, & Glass here. This all sounds very familiar. Ah yes. Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfS0Gvp6f_I

If there would be one thing that we could recycle I would, would be our kids shit catchers a.k.a. diapers. The garbage cans run over with shit!

Because we have decided to try our absolute best to pare down our garbage as much as possible…I had been on a search of trying a different type of cat litter…something that is flushable and septic tank friendly. I would say that our “garbage” right now consists of 95% cat waste/litter. We had tried Swheat Scoop last year for a few weeks but I did not like the way it smelled or worked. Looking into litters that are earth friendly (as opposed to clay based litter which apparently is acquired through strip mining) I have narrowed my choices down to litters made from recycled newspapers, wood waste (pine pellets) and litter made from paper waste. Continuing my search, I learned about a product to help toilet train your cat. I thought to myself, well hell yea, If I can train them to go in the toilet I will have eliminated 95% of our garbage! Needless to say, although I am a bit skeptical, I ordered it…Litter Kwitter (check it out at http://www.litterkwitter.com). It came in the mail today but I am not going to break it out until our house is done being renovated. I’ll try to keep updates on how their progress goes.

Anyway, if it can be recycled it should be recycled! Or reused, sold, given away, donated. No excuses allowed, we are responsible, we need to be held accountable for our actions or non-actions. Sure, it’s so easy to just not think about it, to put on blinders, to use ignorance as an excuse, to let someone else deal with it, etc, etc. Of course that’s easy, just put everything in the trash, one receptacle, one garbage can, for pick up on one day a week…yes, I realize that “easy” is the preferred method…but “easy” is not the answer.

Wake up America! Recycle America!