As I’m walking around the parking lots next door, I stop and pick up any plastic bottles that aren’t filthy. Something was going on Friday night at the football field but there weren’t as many vehicles parked across the street as usual. However, on my stroll Sunday afternoon, I collected TWELVE plastic water bottles! I don’t pick up the discarded food containers nor paper plates and plastic forks and paper napkins. I’m so glad that our parents taught us never to leave anything on the pavement or ground in Jackson, Georgia. I find it interesting that when there is a meeting of teachers before school starts, I don’t find a single plastic bottle nor see any other trash discarded where the teachers were parked.
As I made my way back home one afternoon, a teen asked me if I’d like him to take what I was carrying into the stadium and toss them. I told him no, and that I lived across the street and then I dubbed myself The Recycle Lady. He smiled, and went on his way as I thanked him. I do fill my recycle bin to the top every two weeks. Some of it comes from newspapers, also boxes that contain my Club Crackers and Norman’s Ritz crackers. Empty Publix tea jugs go into the heavy container along with the coupon ads after I’ve cut out any I intend to use when I’m out buying groceries. I don’t put any plastic bags in there though, as I always carry a cloth bag or two on my shopping trips. I’m glad that all my stores have bags I can purchase with their names printed on them, and I keep them in the Camry. Thanks Food Depot, Publix, and Walgreens!
Speaking of Publix, it’s interesting that Consumer Reports named them as the number two top grocery store in America; Wegmans is number one, and the report says that it was actually a tie between the two stores. Clark.com gives Publix first place though. Neat that I can shop there after driving slightly over a mile. I’m fortunate enough to be close to my library too, which saves gas and emissions. Back to the recycling business. I’ve seen some scary pictures on Facebook of debris found in the ocean. One of the pictures showed a large fish tangled up in plastic as two men tried to remove the trappings and release the poor creature back into the sea.
I’ve actually found a couple of hub caps lying in the road on my walks. One was damaged so I immediately dumped it into the bin but propped the other one beside the curb just in case the owner decided to come back and check out the area. It sat there a few days and then I recycled it too. I get points from the weight they pick up but so far haven’t used any of them. That’s not why I’m recycling though – it’s for the future generations. I might buy a hybrid car someday, we’ll see about that. I do keep my thermostat as low as we can tolerate to help save the environment. I do believe the climate is getting warmer and it is up to us to save this world for future generations. Please help me pray for God to help our ecology and help us all do everything we can to heal the climate. I loved growing up in the forties and fifties, but we didn’t have any central heat or air conditioning then. I wouldn’t want to give up either one now, but I do know these don’t help the environment. We have agreed to no longer get paper statements from our banks so I hope that helps the earth out a little too. Lets ALL try to heal His world.
