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Originally Posted by ckbenjamin
Consumer Recycling. Since recycling is now history in TV I thought the following might help. Here's a link to what Publix will and will not take as well as HOW to prepare your items for recycling. Did you know you need to cut the 'zipper' off resealable bags? I didn't.
Customer Recycling | Publix Sustainability
With that said...Could someone please enlighten me as to where I might recycle aluminum and glass?
Let's start using re-usable bags, too not only @ grocery but everywhere we shop. And please quit buying bottled water. What a waste of $$ and resources. If you don't want to invest in a whole house filtration system, why not get a Brita or similar? I buy 3-5 gallon party containers @ Walmart and use them to store filtered water in refrigerator. They're handy for hurricane season, too. |
Debate over bottled water aside, it does seem very odd that at a time when the entire world is consumed with worry over global heating, proper forest management, ocean pollution, fracking, off shore drilling, air quality, on and on and on, that the one thing we each CAN do, The Villages CAN do, and every town and city can do, is at least recycle as we have been doing. More world insanity, save our planet, and yet, the simple act of just separating organic materials, from paper, plastics, etc. we have decided to end. Why ? Because we have found an easier, and much more expensive, thing to do.... just put it all in bag or sack, any kind, any color, oh, do not put in medical waste, needles, paint, ........ so, no one would ever think of breaking that request right ? Will anyone throw in batteries anyway ? What happens when you burn batteries ? Does it make toxins in the air, or, maybe they will "clean" the air (which they say they have filters, cleaners, etc.) It all goes back to why is the "new" way the best. Why not go back to the old fashioned way of just throwing the paper, plastic, etc. in separate containers as we have for years. Could it be that recycling is not making as much money now, therefore, "saving" our planet, being "environmentally responsible" is not longer important unless, someone is making money ? Maybe just doing it "for the good of all humanity" might be a consideration ? Just sayin'.... how should any town, city, community make such decisions; based on money/profit, or, do somethings just make such good sense that it might have to be supported out of the same taxes that pay for road repairs, street lights, parking lot resurfacing, thousands of flower beds changed 2, 3, 4 times a year. All nice, all important, but maybe so is at least doing what we can to recycle ? Should fit in there somewhere on the "important" list I would think. As far as bottled water, I think there is no way to go back to none, but we can certainly cut down, WAY down. There will always be a need for those traveling to buy a bottle of water, many circumstances, traveling mothers mixing formula for a baby, just too many to mention. BUT...at home ? What's wrong with just drinking the water supplied here in the Villages ? Is it poisoned ? I just drink it out of my kitchen faucet, have for years ! Yes, I usually put ice in it, but the ice too comes from the same water. Is a Brita or whole house water system needed ? So is any part of our taxes paying for a water supply of clean water to drink ? Don't drink the water or buy bottled water, and then throw every kind of garbage in one container...LOL... you know people will get angry at ME (?) for saying this, but it's like wear a mask, no don't need a mask will not actually prevent you from getting the virus. Sit only outdoors to eat, no, sit indoors but ONLY 6 feet away, no, that's not right, actually the virus can get to as far as 12 feet away, so go back to eating outside. Don't go to the library, the virus lives on the books, but, apparently, it is not allowed to live on gas station pump handles (but I think it could personally....LOL). I don't mean this as "political talk", I truly do not, I just use some of these examples as so illogical. I really can't figure this out how people can demonstrate and scream and shout at street demonstrations, and I AM for freedom to demonstrate, yet the virus can not live in those moisture particles put into the air at demonstrations, but they can be dangerous at other events, maybe even sitting at the Brownwood square listening to music (if they ever have it again ?). I am not talking exclusively about the Villages in some of these references to water, garbage, and the demonstrations, just pointing out the world is getting very confusing and certainly more mixed messages than ever before. Certain things spread the virus, yet the same type of behavior or event does not in another setting ? I'm not on either "side" here, I just think there are a lot of things, including recycling, virus, riots, events inside and out, that is not making any sense ! What does make sense, is each one do what you can. As the person above commented, why take reusable shopping bags ONLY to the grocery store ? Why not to Beall's, Belk's, Walmart ? Not a major disruption to keep some in the car and golf cart. And, if you forget, you forget, they will always have bags, we know that because they have tired that all over the USA , charging $.05 for a bag, etc. and it just does not gain traction here. But we could do these small things ! We could recycle our garbage instead of the easy way out.... it's going to be a little more expensive according to the brochure we all got in the mail, but, hey, what's a little more money when its easier on us to throw all types of waste in whatever kind of bag we happen to have, I agree, it's much easier ! And, it's MUCH easier on our tax rate (they tell us) since there will no longer be so many trucks tearing up our streets and causing such high repair costs. Now, the next challenge ? Someone come up with a way to make people believe only one car at a time through the gates so we can cut down on those repairs too. Just think, like one half the garbage trucks, what if we only had one half the broken gates annually ?