We had a FHE a few weeks ago about our stewardship of Heavenly Father's creations. We talked about some ways we can show our gratitude and respect for what we have been given. One of the things we decided to do as a family was to increase our recycling efforts. Owen and I have always been really good about recycling newspapers and aluminum cans but after a family trip to the recycling center, we decided to add #'s 1 and 2 plastic, tin, and glass. What has amazed us is just how much stuff we end up recycling in a week! Honestly, I didn't believe that just three people could consume so many resources so quickly but I was proven wrong! Now we are discussing building a compost heap (although that needs to be approved by our landlord) to see if we can reduce what we throw out even more. It is surprising how good our family has felt about this effort as well. Reduce, reuse, recycle! (If you're interested, check out OurEarth.org for some good tips in recycling and conservation as well as a list of recycling center locations near you.)
I'm very impressed. I need to do better at recycling.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing to see just how much trash we go through. I noticed this when we started recycling in Chapel Hill.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your post---thanks to Tom we got 2 giant recycling cans at our household, and they always get filled---we do paper, metal and plastic #1 & #2---and tons of newspapers. I made a compost pile here once upon a time----it was fun, I loved doing it.
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