Walking My Talk Just a Little More – Recycling
I’ll be brief, mainly because I have several issues to write about and, as usual, don’t feel like writing about any of them, so having two relatively short posts in a row might just make me ignore this one and write two more this week. I don’t know if it’ll work, but it’s worth a shot.
I just want to say that I put all the issues of National Geographic that I had in two bags, along with a few other paper, cardboard and plastic items that I gathered in my little trash can over the past week, and took them all to the appropriate recycling bins today. The oldest of the magazines was from the summer of 2008, when my mention of the idea of recycling matched an e-mail he received and convinced dad to gather a lot of such items that were around the house and take them to be recycled, and I haven’t missed any issue, so it wasn’t the lightest of loads.
Either way, I got myself there and was greeted by the sight of piles consisting mainly of aluminum cans and plastic packaging. The reason for the former is obvious: There are no bins for metal under the current recycling system, yet it is the most easily recyclable material. The reason for the latter became obvious once I looked at the plastics bin and noticed that it was overflowing. But the real problem were the people walking nearby, since this place is next to a school, making me want to get out of there immediately.
Still, I managed to get everything out of the bags and shove it in its proper place, though one of the bags I used got pretty torn in the process. So I’m thinking I should also get rid of the issues of FHM that I have in the same manner, and of course keep gathering various other recyclable items instead of just throwing them in the garbage bin. But I don’t know how often this will work because I really feel awfully uncomfortable throwing things away with people around. Not that I ever feel comfortable with people around, regardless of what I’m doing…
Meant to take a walk through a park or at least a longer walk through the city too, since we have all this snow and I just want to take in the sight, not knowing when I’ll next see something quite like it again, but after doing that I just wanted to get back to my room and recover. I’ll leave the walk for another time. Who knows, maybe even for tomorrow, if I’ll feel up for it.
