I am sure we have all been recycling for years now. I will admit , I am recycling more now than I had in the past. However, here is my dilemma:
I am rinsing dishes to put in the dishwasher, being diligent to turn off the water in between picking up the next dish. When it came time to clean the recycle items. Our garbage company states the recycled items have to be rinsed before I put them in the recycle bin. For whatever reason I started my wheels turning , " I AM WASHING GARBAGE!"
(Now if my family and friends are reading this, they will be shaking their heads with words of "Skippy is at it again", but I have a valid Skip this time! I really do!)
Soda cans are easy!
1. Turn the water on over the hole in the can. (Not a drop lost)
2. Get enough water to swish around.
3. Swish
4. Dump out water, can is now ready. ( Yeah! Success)
Jam jars are a little tougher!
1. Use already hot water from hot water dispenser. (Using my head now!)
2. Get enough water to swish around, using pot holder (ouch, yes I learned the hard way)
3. Swish with lid on until all clean
4. Dump out jammy water, jar is ready
hmmmm..... listening to water refilling in hot water dispenser and now the electricity kicks in to heat water ( maybe that is not such an efficient way to get hot water, we have to save power too)
MAJOR DILEMMA
Peanut Butter Jars
1. Setting aside the idea of the hot water dispenser.
2. Thinking about letting water run until water is HOT HOT before unleashing said water on container. (should I put a pan under the water to catch ALL the wasted water to wash "THE GARBAGE?")
3. Turn loose HOT water on jar and let the greasy mass go down my drain? ..... NO!
4. Scratching head
5. Ah Ha! Take paper towel and wipe out goo from jar? ICK, the back of my hand is now all cruddy with the gooey greasy mass to which now I will have to let the water run again until the proper heat, put on soap, scrub until lard is gone and rinse......... THIS IS GARBAGE!!!!
6. Being Skippy (no, not the peanut butter, ME) I am sure I am forgetting something that must be much easier......... I got it.......
7. It is garbage. Throw it in the garbage can! No water waste, no power waste, not hard on the hands. Yep that is it!!!!!
OK, so I did recycle the lid, if that makes it any better. However the jar is in the garbage.
SOLUTION
I think the utilities should get together and figure this stuff out. Oh wait then they will be telling us what we can and can not eat because it is not on the container recycle program. Nope ....... I will speak first............Peanut Butter jars(containers)are GARBAGE, except for the lid!
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And to make matters worse, They charge you for the privilage of recycling. If they want to recycle my stuff they can work for it. I still pay the same. Plus you have to provide a place to store their recycle bins. No thanks.
I am the recycler in my family. Justin is positive it is all a bunch of bull where recycling is concerned. Something about the extra trucks needed to haul the seperated stuff putting "extra carbon" into the air. I guess it makes sense... Dilema dilema. But, I have to admit that I do wash my recycling out too. Not because it is required by the company, but for the sheer fact that I just don't want a dirty smelly recycle bin sitting in my garage drawing insects.
I think I have a problem. And no...I don't clean the trash can.
You know, there is a solution... STOP EATING PEANUT BUTTER!
You have complained about recycling since it was invented. I am just glad you do some of it. If you had a better company, like we do, you could recycle more... well, you'd be allowed to recycle more, I know you wouldn't though.
Now think about how much it pollutes for them to actually recycle, not to mention the toxic effects the recyclable material has on your food. The only real solution is to go back to being cave people. Ug.
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