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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
I'm curious: A Poll
Just wondering...[Poll]
Re: I'm curious: A Poll
I answered no, don't care to, but that's not 100% true. I actually get disgusted with myself thinking about how we don't recycle anymore. We used to in both of our apartments and I/my parents always recycle too. For some reason, since we've been in our new house and there isn't a convenient place in our kitchen for a recyclable bin/bag, we just plain stopped doing it.
I'd like to recitify this since I've been thinking about it a lot lately.
2012 Reading Challenge
I seperate what the township recycles but anything that would require me to drive it somewhere else to be recycles gets tossed in the regular trash can.
I was basically referring to single stream recycling items - cans, bottles, plastics, paper, newspapers, magazines, etc. Many towns now have single stream recycling so that you don't have to separate these items.. they all go in one can, regardless if it's township-issued or not. My parents just moved to MD and there are NO recycle trucks that come around. This blows my mind!
In my town (single-stream), I know plenty of family/ neighbors who throw their glass and aluminum products in with their regular garbage. I have been known to separate these items in the middle of a party/holiday. Inexcusable!
Now, if you're throwing old computers, cell phones, and other electronics into a regular trash can, we need to have a talk. That's terrible.
Our town has single stream recycling and they have an option to take other plastics (#'s 3-7) to a bin near the public works building. I do the single-stream recycling and am trying to get in the habit of putting the other plastics aside.
I recycle all my cardboard boxes too. I know this doesn't make up for the lack of a system for everything else and this post was what I needed to kick my butt in gear. I'll be getting a bin and making room under my sink ASAP to start up recycling again.
Just to make myself *appear* to be a little less lazy/irresponsible, I ALWAYS recycle at work and at school and anywhere that has recyclable bins. And I ask, when I'm at someone's house, if they recycle, before I just tash cans and bottles, etc.
2012 Reading Challenge
We often have more recycling than trash, so we can't keep a bin in the house. Maybe if you have an outside (covered) porch or garage you can keep a bigger bin there. We keep ours out on the outside covered porch.
Unfortunately, our HOA will not allow any receptacle like that, but, since I live in a TH community, we use dumpster and communal recyclable containers, so we can just empty as needed throughout the week. Thanks for the tip though!
2012 Reading Challenge
My city has a full time employee who is responsible for inspecting our garbage. If he finds things that should be recycled then you get a warning. Second time you are fined.
We don't have to seperate so it's not a big deal at all.
We also do not have to separate, and we get Recyclebank points. We keep a separate bin out on our deck, then empty that into the big township bin at the end of the week. Sometimes I forget to put paper in there - like mail. But for the most part, we recycle everything else.
When I lived in PA they didn't have recycling pickup, either. You had to bring it to a center.