Rant: How I used to just throw everything in the trash without thinking
I remember 10 years ago, I'd toss a plastic water bottle in the garbage without a second thought. Now I have a whole system with 4 bins in my kitchen for recycling, compost, and trash. It started back in 2017 when my city switched to a single-stream recycling program, and I saw how much stuff actually got sorted. I used to think it didn't matter, but last month I weighed my landfill waste and it was only 3 pounds for the whole week. My neighbor Carol actually called me out for putting a greasy pizza box in the paper bin, and that got me to learn the rules better. Has anyone else had to totally change their habits because of local recycling rules changing? I'm curious if other cities are as strict about what goes where.