
Originally Posted by
JaneV2.0
I am so over recycling. The rules seem to get more byzantine by the year: shredded paper goes in transparent bags in your recycling bin; shredded paper should be "layered" in your yard waste bin; styrofoam can be taken an hour or so's drive away; plastic bags can be bundled and deposited in your recycle bin; plastic bags should really be taken back to the store and put in a bin there; rules for the periodic neighborhood hazardous/miscellaneous waste seem to change with every scheduled event...So I have piles of used batteries, bins in every room for paper and cardboard, boxes with electronic gear waiting for the next pickup. It feels like a part-time job. Of course I'll carry on--I know I should appreciate that my community has a robust recycling system--and I do--and of course a partial solution is to buy less, but the whole process peeves me. It never ends.