Originally posted by Rupert I got the trash out!
Mrs Rupert left me a list of "things to do" today, but I feel like getting the trash out was enough for one day......you agree?
Regards!
We recycle and compost anything that we can. When shopping consideration is given to packaging, so there is less to dispose of after consumption of the products. This results in a very low volume of daily detritus that must go to a landfill.
Of course where we live there is no garbage service either. The strategy we employ results is such a small amount if stuff that has to get thrown out that one of those plastic bags the groceries comes in is carried out during the odd weekly trip into town, and dropped in any convenient trash receptacle at the store or gas station.
A couple times a year I round up all the larger items that must go to the landfill and load the pickup, making a run to the transfer station. Mostly stuff from my shop, empty oil jugs, packaging from whatever has come and gone related to mechanical stuff, etc. I drain and crush used oil filters, reclaiming as much oil from them as possible for the oil furnace, and drop them off at the recycling station at the transfer station for free. Same for other automotive fluids that are accepted for recycling, antifreeze, brake fluid, gear lube. The county charges a minimum $20 if the load is under a certain weight limit, and I rarely exceed that.
I save all the aluminum beverage cans, squished of course, and have several 55 gallon plastic barrels to keep them in. When the barrels are full I load them up and head to the local metals recycling place, and usually get enough cash to take Mrs. Racer out for a nice dinner.
That's a win.
Ahhh . . . . . . . country living.