Yup, I do. I've been really avid about it since I was 12 or 13, when I became more concerned about the environment and consumption. Over time, though, I've realized the system has its flaws (as ustwo pointed some out) but it's worth it.
There's a paper recycling company that gives you a cut of the money that they get for the paper you give them. They give you dumpsters to put it in and pick the paper up.(though, you have to have a ton or more to get any money) (they take a cut of the money, of course for the business). But hey, my high school prom ticket was a couple bucks cheaper from the money they got back from the paper.
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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
I recycle. It's easy. The real question is: Do you compost?
Now there's the next step.
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Hehe, Yes, I do. It's in the backyard and been going for a few years now. It's not in any sort of nice bin or anything, just a pile that sits there. Occasionally, I'll turn it every couple weeks or so if I'm home from college.
Most of it is just grass clippings (which, iirc, slows down the compost process, because of too much nitrogen) and dead pine needles (the pile is right next to our pine tree), occasionally I'll put coffee grounds and vegetable scraps in there.
I was pretty excited a couple weeks ago when I was turning it, I found worms in there.
I heard on the garden show on npr this weekend about someone who takes his fruit and veggie scraps, adds a bit of water, and takes some existing compost into an old blender, adds water, and it creates a slurry that really speeds up the composting process.
Catcha back on the flipside,
will.