Day 2: Be conscious about what is waste and what can be recycled

The morning after watching the third film of the weekend,  The Clean Bin Project, I found myself stopping and actually taking into account exactly what I was putting in the trash and what I was recycling.  I stopped and thought for example, can that wine cork really go in the recycling bin?  I googled recycling cork, only to find that for years I've been tossing many a wine cork into our recycling when really it needs to be handed to a store that specifically collects corks.  A quick search pointed me in the direction of WholeFoods as a convenient source.  Or this morning after finishing off a jar of jelly, instead of tossing the food contaminated jar into the garbage feeling rushed and trying to beat the clock to work, today I put it in the dishwasher to wash and then recycle. Another example today, instead of reaching for a make-up wipe remover I washed off my mascara with a wet towel and diverted one more item from the waste bin.

Although our village partakes in streamlined recycling, I pulled some plastic bins out of the basement and had my son label them (paper, glass, plastic) in the hopes more thought would be placed into what is going into our recycling bin.  Then we took some small paper bags, hung them in the pantry and labeled them corks, light bulbs and batteries (so we take the time to properly recycle).