Go Green Thursdays!

The simplest and most effective way to be a green earthling is to follow the rules you were taught in grade school....the 3 r's!

Reuse- dont be waste full when you can reuse somthing do! Dont just throw it away because its easier to buy a new one!

Reduce- Your consumtion, this step also comes from reusing

Recycle- finally if you cant reuse it anymore, if its broken and cant be fixed, recycle it!

its the simplest form to GO GREEN on earth. take the few seconds it takes to separate your recycling from your garbage! Soon it will become habbit and it wont waste any of your time at all!

Really none of us have any excuse to not recycle. Our streets all have recycle/garbage pick up, our buildings have garbage shoots and that sorting buttons, out street trash cans are separated for us into 3 compartments.

So take the challenge, try and reduce your waste, and when you cant make sure you sort it properly!

here is a list for Ontario, Canada's  recyclable goods, it differs for every city/state/province/country so hop on Google and check it out for your city!

Empty, rinse and place these "containers" loose in one Blue Box:

• All plastic bottles with a twist-off top (lids left on), up to 15-litres in size.
  
• Plastic tubs and lids (yogurt and ice cream type containers), up to 4-litres in size.
  
• Metal food and beverage containers.
• Glass bottles and jars (metal lids removed and placed in blue box separately).
• Paper milk and juice cartons.
• Empty aerosol cans with lids removed.
• Empty metal paint cans with lids removed.

Place these "papers" loose in a second Blue Box:

• Junk mail and envelopes.
• Catalogues, magazines, paperback books and phone books.
• Newspapers, office paper and computer paper.
• Shredded paper should be placed inside a smaller box, such as a cereal box.

Cardboard and Boxboard

• Fold boxes flat, then tie and bundle the same size as your blue box. Place next to or on top of your blue boxes.

NOT COLLECTED! 

• Clam shells or take-out containers.
• Oversized 15-litre jugs.
• Styrofoam or paper coffee cups.
• Egg cartons: plastic and styrofoam cartons go into the residual waste stream. Fiber cartons go in your green bin.
• Plastic grocery bags
• Nursery plant pots and trays.
• Styrofoam meat trays.
• Ridged plastic clothes hangers, plastic plates and utensils.
• Plastic watering cans and gas canisters.
• Plastic children's toys.
• Clothing and shoes.
• Pots, pans, metal coat hangers and scrap metal.
• Furnace air filters.

Note: Recyclable bottles and jars with food or liquid remaining cause sorting difficulties at the recycling facility. Please empty and rinse out these items before putting them in the blue box.



have a great day :)

love kristen