Comments on: West coast girl meets east coast recycling http://ajmatt.com/blog/2007/07/21/west-coast-girl-meets-east-coast-recycling/ the lives of allegra, matt, and eva Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:48:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sarah marie http://ajmatt.com/blog/2007/07/21/west-coast-girl-meets-east-coast-recycling/comment-page-1/#comment-54 sarah marie Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:04:33 +0000 http://ajmatt.com/blog/2007/07/21/west-coast-girl-meets-east-coast-recycling/#comment-54 Ooh, I have had the same "recycling culture shock" you're describing. In our town, Nathan and I are permitted to recycle a small amount of cardboard bound into a little package every other Monday. Nice. :-P I feel awful throwing away paper junk mail and metal cans, and it's such a contrast from California, where we recycled absolutely everything. Ooh, I have had the same “recycling culture shock” you’re describing. In our town, Nathan and I are permitted to recycle a small amount of cardboard bound into a little package every other Monday. Nice. :-P I feel awful throwing away paper junk mail and metal cans, and it’s such a contrast from California, where we recycled absolutely everything.

]]> By: Emily http://ajmatt.com/blog/2007/07/21/west-coast-girl-meets-east-coast-recycling/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Emily Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:41:52 +0000 http://ajmatt.com/blog/2007/07/21/west-coast-girl-meets-east-coast-recycling/#comment-52 One of the things that I really detest about living in a condo complex here is that we don't have the option of recycling. Within the complex, our only choice is a big green garbage dumpster. I can (and do) take anything with a CA redemption value to a reclamation point outside the grocery store where I shop, but there is nowhere to take aluminum cans, or plastic milk jugs, or glass spaghetti jars, or plain old paper (and oh, it kills me to throw away all the junk mail we get!) It seems insane to me - after all, I grew up in a little tiny town recycling nearly everything - that such opportunities seem to be unavailable in the very large metropolis that is Orange County. Anyway, good for Seattle. :) One of the things that I really detest about living in a condo complex here is that we don’t have the option of recycling. Within the complex, our only choice is a big green garbage dumpster. I can (and do) take anything with a CA redemption value to a reclamation point outside the grocery store where I shop, but there is nowhere to take aluminum cans, or plastic milk jugs, or glass spaghetti jars, or plain old paper (and oh, it kills me to throw away all the junk mail we get!) It seems insane to me – after all, I grew up in a little tiny town recycling nearly everything – that such opportunities seem to be unavailable in the very large metropolis that is Orange County.

Anyway, good for Seattle. :)

]]> By: Amber http://ajmatt.com/blog/2007/07/21/west-coast-girl-meets-east-coast-recycling/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Amber Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:15:50 +0000 http://ajmatt.com/blog/2007/07/21/west-coast-girl-meets-east-coast-recycling/#comment-51 The town I live in rolled out a food scrap recycling program a couple years ago, but it seems like only a handful of people actually participate in it. We do (and it seems hard to imagine throwing food waste away at this point - I always cringe when I see people do it) and it doesn't seem like a big deal, but you'd think by some people's reactions that they were required to sort food into its molecular components by their reactions. I'm with you btw on the recycling thing - it has always been ubiquitous where I've lived, although I certainly have seen the lack when I've travelled. I've been known to carry empty containers around with me when travelling until find a place when I can recycle them! I'm not sure if I would be more up in arms about it if I were to move somewhere where it was not always available... and I rather hope that I don't get the chance, since I'm really hoping that this current move will be out last for a really, really long time! The town I live in rolled out a food scrap recycling program a couple years ago, but it seems like only a handful of people actually participate in it. We do (and it seems hard to imagine throwing food waste away at this point – I always cringe when I see people do it) and it doesn’t seem like a big deal, but you’d think by some people’s reactions that they were required to sort food into its molecular components by their reactions.

I’m with you btw on the recycling thing – it has always been ubiquitous where I’ve lived, although I certainly have seen the lack when I’ve travelled. I’ve been known to carry empty containers around with me when travelling until find a place when I can recycle them! I’m not sure if I would be more up in arms about it if I were to move somewhere where it was not always available… and I rather hope that I don’t get the chance, since I’m really hoping that this current move will be out last for a really, really long time!

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