Monday, June 25, 2012

Trash Day

We do not have curbside pickup at our house. We can hire someone to take our trash about 1/8 mile down the road to the landfill, but not the recycling. Luckily, my dear daddy comes and picks it all up for us (and my brother) approximately every 1.5 months.

I thought it might be interesting to keep up with how much trash our little family of four generates regularly. We separate paper, cardboard, aluminum, glass and plastic to recycle, and everything else goes to the landfill.

Six weeks' trash/recycling. Trash to landfill is the can + 2 black bags on the left. Paper is in the back.

I'd meant to do this, well, six weeks ago! So here is the first picture I took last month.

Seven weeks' recycling

Seven week's trash for landfill





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  1. AnonymousJune 29, 2012 at 12:27 PM

    Kudos for recycling! Especially since the city doesn't bother to help you out and you guys are doing it on your own. (My husband is a big fan of the same pale ale in the green box!) Made me smile. Thanks for visiting my blog and the great recipe you left for the pesto! :)
    Jennifer

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