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Bins at apartments
Unfortunately I wasn’t home when the post office tried to deliver my reusable shopping bags Saturday. Now I’m doomed to wait in the always over-long line at my local post office. But on to other things. The property manager for my apartments called me back as she promised she would. She said that the City…
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Shopping baggies
As promised, I have found some reusable shopping bags to take to the store. They are machine-washable and the description claims they hold more than the usual plastic shopping bag. I ordered them from www.reusablebags.com. Just go to Shopping Bags / Basic Tote. I selected the ECOBAGS Recycled Cotton Tote in Natural. You can read…
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Recycle day
It was time for my first trip to the recycling bins. Remember, my apartments don’t have them, so it’s a semi-short drive down the road. When I got to the drop-off, I saw an immediate problem. I thought I could just directly dump my recyclables into the bins, but the opening isn’t large enough. I’m…
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Or better yet
The really sad thing about plastic bags is that they can harm marine mammals and turtles. I saw a plastic bag floating in the lake at my apartments just a few days ago. There are hundreds of turtles living in that lake. Personally, I like turtles and don’t want to see them mistake a bag…
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Things to do with plastic bags
Plastic bags. I’ve been feeling the guilt over them enough to start collecting all of them to be reused by a local family business. Of course, if you don’t know anyone who can reuse the bags, you can always take them back to the recycling drop-offs at most grocery stores. I’ll post that photo again.…