Recycling and being "green"

[hpboats83]

I have totally become the recycle nut, officially.
Not only do I save, crush and return all my aluminum, #1 and #2 plastics(which nets me at least a few hundy each year) but I dismantle everything that I discard for recycling. Toilet and paper towel rolls, all our shred paper.....you name it it goes in the blue bin.
My city takes every plastic from #1 through #7, glass, tin, metal, styrofoam and basically anything paper. Any product we buy that has any of these components goes for recycling, whether or not I have to disassemble it to any degree. Florescent, cfl bulbs I take to either Lowes or HDepot. Plastic bags and shrink wrap shit goes to the boxes at the grocery or hardware stores too.
The biggest difference I have noticed is my 95Gal curbside blue recycle bin is at least 3/4+ full every week whereas my trash bin usually has one kitchen size bag and maybe 3 grocery bag sized other trash. Not long ago I had 3 or 4 33 gal trash cans bulging every week.
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So is anyone else as crazy as I in regards to trying to make a difference? I must say I do feel good about what I'm doing, especially looking back at how we really did abuse our earth in years past. It actually bothers me a little now when I see young kids just toss everything in the trash

I'm this way about people wasting water outside, mainly because irrigation is a simple way to conserve tons of water but very few people in So Cal do.

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[Slacker]

I'm this way about people wasting water outside, mainly because irrigation is a simple way to conserve tons of water but very few people in So Cal do.

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I WISH MORE PEOPLE THOUGHT LIKE YOU!!! It seems people are more worried about recycling a piece of paper than conserving water. These days water is much more important but hey if they turn on the faucet and water comes out they don't care about conserving.

[Sharp shooter]

I'm this way about people wasting water outside, mainly because irrigation is a simple way to conserve tons of water but very few people in So Cal do.

I hand wash my vehicles and spray down my driveway and gutter (if needed). Everyone else around here is too lazy or high maintenance for that kind of extreme activity and they're rarely seen. It's unbelievable the level of pussification our society (at least in California) has evolved into.

I don't mind taking in my $10 worth of cans every other month, but like Scott I don't bother with the plastic bottles and just let the city collection take those. They're aren't worth the space they take up.

I consider myself on the cutting edge of the "green crusade" being that my boat burns methanol (very little at that) and I take a Scion IQ to work with me everyday.

[HB Vic]

I hand wash my vehicles and spray down my driveway and gutter (if needed). Everyone else around here is too lazy or high maintenance for that kind of extreme activity and they're rarely seen. It's unbelievable the level of pussification our society (at least in California) has evolved into.

I don't mind taking in my $10 worth of cans every other month, but like Scott I don't bother with the plastic bottles and just let the city collection take those. They're aren't worth the space they take up.

I consider myself on the cutting edge of the "green crusade" being that my boat burns methanol (very little at that) and I take a Scion IQ to work with me everyday.

Holy shit that's funny! LOL

[Flusher]

It used to be:

Now it is:

U.S. exports of scrap paper, plastics, and metals to China have increased at a remarkable pace over the last 16 years. Between 1996 and 2012, the dollar value of U.S. scrap exports to China in real terms increased at a compound annual growth rate of 24%, allowing China to take 47% of the market in 2012, up from 6% in 1996. Over that same period, U.S. scrap exports to all other markets increased by just 5% a year.

In exchange for this:

A sea of newly imported cars fills the 150-acre terminal lot at the Toyota Long Beach Vehicle Distribution Center at the Port of Long Beach. Toyota usually brings in about 250,000 cars a year in biweekly shipments.

[Flusher]

Kudos to those who help recyclables make it into the blue bin. The Earth does not have enough resources to continue to support the ever increasing population. I just wish we weren’t selling out and sending our resources to other countries in exchange for cheaper product because of increased environmental restrictions here.

The Butterfly Effect: You can not destroy the environment on the other side of the world and not affect the environment here.

[riverrunner1984]

I turn the water off while I brush my teeth and I put card board boxes in the blue bin.

[28eliminator]

I pissed on the tire of a Prius once

[Ziggy]

I'm this way about people wasting water outside, mainly because irrigation is a simple way to conserve tons of water but very few people in So Cal do.

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I have no front lawns anymore, just dead weeds I mow every now and then.
Back lawn gets watered once a week for two minutes in winter, and a total of 45 minutes a week in summer.
I wash my car when it rains, otherwise it's far and few between, especially this winter :(.
When running errands in the car I multi-task and make a round to get it all done in one swoop.
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Conserve electricity where possible and switch most all lighting to super efficient LED bulbs/lamps.
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It takes less effort than most believe, it's just hard to change old habits for many.

[314joey]

I re-cycle, every weekend I create a lot of Bud Light can.