I live in rural America. It may be the last place on earth to mobilize for the purpose of reusing and recycling. We are usually too busy trying to keep warm/cool, make a living, and survive the unending boredom to care. ( Did you know that it gets over 100 degrees in the summer? Of course you know it gets below 0 in the winter. Just not daily.)
I can recycle newspapers and heavy metal in my community, but that's about it. If you could see all the plastic containers stashed in every corner of the house! I try to use them for cookie exchanges, etc.but what else can I do with them? And they are the large yogurt containers-not a bunch of little ones. Individual water bottles are a no-no most of the time for us. We have some Nalgenes and Sigg bottles to reuse. Our drinking water comes in 5 gallon bottles which are reused. Around here, bulk is descriptive of extra winter layers, not food stuffs. I do order from Amazon to get bulk organic items SOMETIMES ( see "make a living" above). I don't know any other persons who care to order these items with me. I do hope to seek out like-minded individuals eventually to create a co-op of sorts to solve these problems. I'll let you know the progress. ( as if you care, but at least I can ramble on!)
I can recycle newspapers and heavy metal in my community, but that's about it. If you could see all the plastic containers stashed in every corner of the house! I try to use them for cookie exchanges, etc.but what else can I do with them? And they are the large yogurt containers-not a bunch of little ones. Individual water bottles are a no-no most of the time for us. We have some Nalgenes and Sigg bottles to reuse. Our drinking water comes in 5 gallon bottles which are reused. Around here, bulk is descriptive of extra winter layers, not food stuffs. I do order from Amazon to get bulk organic items SOMETIMES ( see "make a living" above). I don't know any other persons who care to order these items with me. I do hope to seek out like-minded individuals eventually to create a co-op of sorts to solve these problems. I'll let you know the progress. ( as if you care, but at least I can ramble on!)
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