Okay, so I like clean streets. This morning, I am walking my daughter to school and it is recycling day in our neighborhood. In the middle of the road are some cardboard bottoms from 2 Gatorade packs. I told my daughter that if it is still there on the way back, I will pick it up and recycle it myself. I proceeded to do so.
I often wonder are we all so busy that we can't pick up trash, aluminum cans, shattered glass in our neighborhoods? I never see myself as too busy to keep things clean. I do wish more people were responsible for taking care of where we live.
One might argue that it was because being an employee of the National Park Service that I have the "pack it in, pack it out" mentality. But I have been like this my whole life. I don't like to see trash, recyclable or otherwise on our streets, sidewalks, etc.
Let's try harder to keep our little corners of the Earth clean, Please!?
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Here, here! I totally agree. But there are some good people/companies out there. Just yesterday I learned that the U-Haul corporation has become proactive in the reuse of their cardboard boxes... these are moving boxes that one would actually purchase from U-Haul. a) they will buy back (albeit at a reduced price) used U-Haul boxes that are in good shape, and b) each U-Haul location has a bin in which previous box purchasers may leave their used boxes for others to use. U-Haul's feeling is that this is far better for the environment than recycling the cardboard in a recycling plant. So kudos to them! [and to you for being proactive on the street!!]
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