Waste

I need to get over it - it's just the way things are, but it really bothers me to see this.  The back of this garbage truck is full of perfectly recyclable cardboard.  At least cardboard is pretty biodegradable, but still - hard to see.  All we can do is try to make little differences on our own, and lead by example.

We're trying out a different recycling service here in Lincoln, starting this week.  RecycleLink has just partnered with RecycleBank, so they've got the dumpsters with the embedded RFID chip and they give you "rewards points" to encourage recycling.  It's not like we really need encouragement to recycle... we'll do as much as we can either way, but it may be worth it to see if we can get something out of it in terms of the reward points.

On the positive, the RecycleBank system is single-stream recycling, so you don't need to sort anything.  On the negative, they don't take glass or plastic bags... which really stinks.  We've gotten used to our current provider just taking everything (taking plastic shopping bags is especially nice).  The monthly cost is the same... $8/month, so we'll give this new one a shot for a while and see how it goes.