Recycling

In the past we always knew it was good to recyle but we were too lazy to actually do it. Well, we recycle now because Tallahassee makes it easy to recycle. They provide us with a recycling garbage can in addition to the regular garbage can (both are large, plastic and have big handles and wheels). The recycling can is divided into 2 sections with a flip-up lid on each side. Paper products go on one side and plastic/aluminum/glass products go on the other side. This division makes it easy for the trash collectors because the products are automatically separated as they are dumped into the divided recycling truck.

Our trash and recycling cans are now emptied every Friday (they used to empty the regular can twice a week--one day at your house and the other day at the curb--and the recycling just every other week, I think). Instead of running outside to the recycling can every time we have something for it, we throw the trash into one of the 3 cans that are in our kitchen. Then, once a week we empty the cans into the corresponding large cans outside and then take the cans to the curb. Since we started this, we realized that we fill all 3 inside cans to the top every week (we used to empty just the undivided trash like 3 times a week). That means we have twice as much recyclable waste as regular waste so it's a good thing we are recycling now.