tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post8094206734011308311..comments2024-03-29T14:55:54.362+00:00Comments on Tracing Rainbows: What Is Wishcycling?Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-77020336169160366472021-10-16T12:24:25.649+01:002021-10-16T12:24:25.649+01:00Totally agree, nobody is perfect, but if everybody...Totally agree, nobody is perfect, but if everybody makes an effort...Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-81544891561511282832021-10-16T11:43:27.872+01:002021-10-16T11:43:27.872+01:00I was brought up in a large house, my Grandparents...I was brought up in a large house, my Grandparents lived in one half, Parents and myself in the other. <br />Due to my Grandparents age, (born 1903 & 1904) it was a household in which clean paper was always folded and kept, newspaper to be scrunched up and dampened for cleaning windows, brown paper for wrapping more or less anything, gift wrapping paper to wrap another gift. String was rolled up and kept too. <br />In my kitchen cupboards there are several 'tupperware' containers holding string, rubber bands, cords from cagoules etc, and a box under the sink where wrapping paper and paper bags are kept. My vast collection of rubber bands consists mostly of the red bands which our local 'posties' use, they tend to 'twang' off mail and land on the pavements, so I snaffle them, give them a wash and re-use them.<br />Coffee grounds feed plants in tubs, used teabags are buried in the veg beds.<br />I recycle envelopes, but cut some cardboard boxes into strips for shopping lists. <br />We repair anything that can be salvaged, have almost always bought our Grandson wooden toys, not plastic tat, and make our own household cleaning products. <br />However, nothing can part me from good perfume, and I can't leave the house without hairspray on, but I use natural sprays, not aerosol.<br />I'm sure I slip up occasionally, but I try to do the right thing! <br />We don't need one person doing everything right, we need everybody doing some things the right way! Colhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191036562913935116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-21519689873008213342021-10-15T11:49:57.873+01:002021-10-15T11:49:57.873+01:00Our Dorset dentist had one of those too. Our Dorset dentist had one of those too. Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-45389147125905226272021-10-15T11:49:37.712+01:002021-10-15T11:49:37.712+01:00Good to know that you and Bushlady are doing your ...Good to know that you and Bushlady are doing your bit in CanadaAngelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-82692397254682268842021-10-15T10:24:14.461+01:002021-10-15T10:24:14.461+01:00My dentist has a bin in reception for patients to ...My dentist has a bin in reception for patients to put their old toothbrushes and tubes!veg artistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-10794590215116344422021-10-15T02:11:48.588+01:002021-10-15T02:11:48.588+01:00Here the green bins are for organic recycling - an...Here the green bins are for organic recycling - and it's usually a blue box for recycling such as cans, bottles & plastic. Then it's the garbage bins for all the rest. We used to have a grey box for all paper and the blue for the rest but I think people got a bit fed up so now all recycling goes into the blue one.<br /><br />We get a printout in the mail every year reminding us of what goes where and the super in my building also posts it at the elevators and out back by the bins.<br /><br />It does get tricky in the food courts etc but they are all labelled. It is kind of funny sometimes watching people trying to decide what goes in what bin!<br /><br />It's the same in our office kitchen, plus each office has a blue bin for paper and shredding. Every little bit helps.Margie from Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103835021764804099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-91841270072253977132021-10-14T21:35:46.718+01:002021-10-14T21:35:46.718+01:00In and after WW2, my grandmother had a container w...In and after WW2, my grandmother had a container which was the equivalent of our paper recycle bin, and I loved to look through the old calendars, greeting cards, boxes and so on. I suspect someone with a horse and cart took them away. In Canada I am an avid recycler and I even pick up cans from our roadside and wash them out for the bin.Bushladynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-88498008775407845222021-10-14T21:24:33.253+01:002021-10-14T21:24:33.253+01:00Please do - the more people understand what to do,...Please do - the more people understand what to do, the more they are likely to do it.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-37927729551047106612021-10-14T21:18:27.644+01:002021-10-14T21:18:27.644+01:00we are big recyclers here in Canada. I know my ma...we are big recyclers here in Canada. I know my mam always comments on it when over here. We have two bins, one to put paper in and one to put everything else in. I guess I should do a post about it?Gill - That British Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456247587052149765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-47244345214821419822021-10-14T08:37:32.830+01:002021-10-14T08:37:32.830+01:00Well done Kezzie. We were a little disappointed th...Well done Kezzie. We were a little disappointed this summer when we visited Holkham - they had two sorts of bins around the park - regular and recycling - but they weren't clearly marked (IMHO) and people were mixing the rubbish. Plus the bins were overflowing, yet people continued to stuff things in. Worse, if the 'correct' bin was full, they used the others. It seemed such a shame. I suspect you are right, in many cases it is laziness rather than wishfulness... Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-27288209808959967302021-10-14T08:09:20.134+01:002021-10-14T08:09:20.134+01:00An excellent post.
I have to contend with a lot o...An excellent post. <br />I have to contend with a lot of wish-recycling at school. I take home the recycling in my bike pannier and last week I had to fish 3 banana skins out of the plastic recycling box and found 3 stinking half tins of soup from the metal recycling bin. It's pure selfishness and laziness in this case rather than wishful thinking. I still clean it out and do the job though because my my inconvenience is less important than trying to help.Kezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705356707599121605noreply@blogger.com