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Category: Green Choices

  • Saving watts

    What is black Google? Blackle. They claim to have saved 119,137.960 watt hours at the time of this post. Click here

  • Junk mail blahs

    You know what I like? What’s giving me a little thrill? Bringing my junk mail back to the apartment and putting it in my paper/newspaper recycle basket. This prevents that tinge of guilt I felt at throwing the junk into the trash can beside the apartment mailboxes. And it almost…

  • Got a call back

    Since it had been two weeks since I sent my e-mail to the area manager about getting recycling bins added to our apartments, I decided I needed to do something. Last night I forwarded that message from two weeks ago back to the area manager and said I wanted to…

  • Recycling containers

    I have recycling containers for my Recycle Candy. Let the fun begin. Actually, I have found it exciting to check out all my favorite products that come in plastic containers to see if they have the 1 or 2 number accepted at my recycling drop-off. So far I’ve found that…

  • Green bean can

    As I continue my wait to hear from the area manager of my apartments, I would like to ask a question. Why do recipes tell you to preheat your oven first? It often only takes about 6 minutes for an oven to preheat (longer for gas), but preparing the dish…

  • Plastic and stuff

    As I begin my long wait to hear from the area manager about adding recycling bins to my apartments, I must begin to contemplate how I will separate my trash, excuse me, my Recycle Candy. I should probably start taking my Recycle Candy to the drop-off provided by the City…

  • E-mail for bins

    I found the e-mail address for the area manager. Maybe I’m too optimistic, but surely, she’s a bit smarter than the apartment manager. I’m also feeling optimistic since the interloper kitty, Choco, isn’t bothering me right now. Recycle Candy. So, here’s my e-mail after I get the boring greetings and…

  • Recycle Candy

    I call the number for recycling on the City’s website. The person who answers the phone is a little surprised by my question and she refers me to someone else. My question: Why doesn’t the City provide recycling bins for apartment complexes? I talk to a really nice lady named…

  • Neighbors

    (correction: I wasn’t talking to the apartment manager after all. It was a community manager or something like that. The real apartment manager was much more helpful.) Still no e-mail answer after a day, so I decide to try to call again. And, wow, it’s the elusive apartment manager herself.…

  • Ignoration

    You may think it’s simple to get an answer out of apartment managers, but it’s not. If you rent already, your call just might be ignored. I question the wisdom of this practice since nearly every apartment agent I’ve talked with has complained about the high cost of “flip.” Still,…