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Originally Posted by Midnight Cowgirl
If you look at the ongoing comments regarding doing anything to help environmental things, you will see that many residents are against them. I say against them because they do nothing to show they are doing anything positive; progressive thinking is not in most people's vocabulary. I'm not just speaking about recent comments. I'm speaking about comments that have been ongoing for years.
I see plastic items in trash bags on trash day -- not for recycling but in with other trash.
Maybe 1% of residents compost (1% is even doubtful) and there are many residents who throw compostable garbage in with their trash.
Do you know how many plastic bags are going into the landfill on a weekly basis? Thousands! And they will never disintegrate in our lifetime and perhaps not even at all!
But residents don't want trash cans and some even say they will still use plastic bags. Why???
Truthfully, if anything progressive or ecologically sound is to happen regarding trash, it must begin with the developer.
How many people do you know who refuse to buy water in plastic bottles?
Frankly, I don't know anyone who doesn't, but I don't and won't. And no; I'm not perfect, but I do try.
Should I go on? I think you get my drift. Enough said!
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The last time I was down there adding more furniture to my house, I decided to see how I could do without buying a case of water. But I still prefer the taste of spring water (not distilled or "drinking water," ewww). So I bought one of those huge jugs that you turn sideways and use the built-in spigot to pour it into your glass.
And I used a half-litre bottle that was already empty, which I cleaned out every time I emptied it. I absolutely need to be able to carry around a bottle of water that won't leak, and is small enough to fit in my purse. So my thermos is not a good option for me, and those small water bottles are perfect.
Turns out there's a learning curve to those jugs. They pour all over the floor and your wrist til you figure it out! Especially if it's first thing in the morning and you don't have your glasses on yet.
But after the first couple of days I was an old pro. It's much less expensive than the case of bottles and takes up less room overall.
I'll just have to adjust the shelving in the fridge a notch, and then it'll be just right.
Yes it's still a plastic jug. But it's one plastic jug that is fully recyclable instead of 28 individual water bottles.