"Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without" ~Old English Proverb
I have always been an avid recycler,
everywhere I lived. I like it when there are options available. Unfortunately,
here our only options are to take cans and bottles in to exchange for cash or
take other materials to Bakersfield, to their appropriate recycling facility, where
they exist.
We
try to recycle as much as we possibly can. I feel like we have too great of a
trash output for our small family, especially considering how rarely we buy
products with much packaging. I buy a lot of items from the bulk section of the
grocery store, and we recycle the bags, when the boys pick up dog poop and for
bathroom trashcans. Jars from peanut butter, spaghetti sauce and other items
are all reused again and again.
Even clothes are recycled down to
their smallest possible form. Like the children’s story, Joseph Had a Little
Overcoat, where the man recycles his coat down to a vest, to a handkerchief, and
eventually to a button.
Jeans go from pants, to capris, to shorts, to patches
for other jeans and material for projects. Clothes that manage to survive my
children until they grow out of them are passed down to younger siblings or to
friends and family.
Peelings and cuttings from fruits
and vegetables are a tasty treat for the rabbits (when safe), biscuits and
pancakes and breads go to the chickens. Juice bottles are filled with water and
put in the deep freezer for the animals to keep cool in the summer months.
Rabbit and chicken manure, coffee grounds and eggs shells are recycled in the
gardens and planters.What do you do around your home to recycle?
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