I am taking the web pledge to the web community that from now on, I am going to learn how to recycle all those things that I throw in the garbage everyday or put in my recycle pile, although I never know if the waste haulers that my building uses are really going to recycle them or not.
The phrase that is beginning to take hold, particularly in corporate America, which is a good thing, is Reduce, Recycle, ReUse. I am focusing on the Recycling part but I may on occasion throw in a Reduce tip or a ReUse idea.
I go to the Green City Market in Lincoln Park every Saturday, I work there actually, yet I am not clear on what is to be composted, recycled or thrown away. There are so many things in the world and what am I suppose to do with each and every item that is "somewhat" disposable.
So from now on, I am going to track down, one stupid item a day and if I don't have the answer today, I will make a point to find out the answer. Paper is a category to recycle but there are a lot of different paper items out there in the world. When I start looking at any one category it gets complicated.
Today's item is any magazine with a shiny cover, like a Time, like my Dartmouth alumni magazine, like TCW(Todays Chicago Woman). What the heck I am suppose to do with it and where will it go? I will post the response to this later today or tommorrow once I track down what the answer is.
Some of the resources I will be using"
Chicago Recycling Coalition Website
Earth 911
The guy at the Green City Market compost center
If by any miracle anyone actuallly reads this post and has some thoughts, insights, information please leave a comment below. Actually, it WILL BE A MIRACLE if I even get one comment over the course of this project. You will make my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ciao,
JB
