Surviving the Domestic Jungle

Since yesterday was the Summer Solstice, I want to touch on a topic very near to my heart. Recycling. For months I noticed that we seemed to have an outrageous amount of trash. Like 5 or 6 bags twice a week and finally after a commercial on Nickelodeon about “The Big Help” (Google it!) I decided enough was enough and I was going to start recycling. After I made my choice, I realized how difficult it would be. Where I live is in no way shape or form recycling friendly unless it’s paper. I have to drive to a recycling facility at least once a week and it is about 20 minutes there and 20 minutes back. It is worth the sacrifice of all the driving and rummaging through the trash because my kids might forget to put something on the counter for mommy to clean and then put in the correct bin. I’m happy to say through not all that much effort, we are down to one bag twice a week and I feel great about it. There is not much an average Joe like me can do to help the environment. All I can do is my part and then tell people about it. So please, recycle!!

A little fact I learned from “The Big Help”(Seriously, Google it!!): Recycling just one soda can saves enough energy to run your television for 3 hours!