Recycle

I need to recycle! I get so frustrated at how much I throw away. Even with just one person in the house, I can have up to three bags of trash each week. It's crazy! I tried recycling once before, when I first moved here, but quickly got comfortable (being lazy) throwing everything away. Things I throw away that I would be easily prone to recycling are things like: milk jugs, aluminum cans, glass bottles, paper (especially the news paper that I NEVER read, but is thrown on my driveway like twice a week!), cardboard, and other plastic items. Most of this is in the kitchen, and could easily be cleaned out and placed in a recycling bin.

My county (Henry Co.) just started curbside recycling in 2009. But, I don't particularly want to pay for it since we live only a few minutes from the center now. Also, for the garbage company we use, you have to call every time you want them to pick up and pay for the bags you use. Pretty much a waste. So, I will be taking a weekly trip to the recycling center, or maybe twice a month depending on the amount that piles up.

Anyway, here's to being a little more environmentally friendly!

This is a list of Henry County's Accepted Items:

• Clear glass
• Brown glass
• Green glass
• Plastics #1, such as juice, soda and water bottles
• Plastics #2 such as milk jugs and liquid detergent bottles
• Plastics # 3, 4, 5, and 7, which includes such items as yogurt and margarine tubs, cooking oil bottles, PVC pipes, plastic shower curtains and other plastics
• Cardboard
• Office paper
• Newspaper and magazines
• Acid-based batteries, such as those from a car or lawnmower
• Motor oil
• Residential cooking oil
• Scrap metal, such as appliances, lawn mowers and tin cans
  

The Recycling Center will also take appliances, such as washers, dryers and any appliance where scrap metal can be salvaged, all free of charge.  However, the facility is strictly a recycling center and will no longer accept any trash, bulk items that can’t be recycled, or tires.
  
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65 West Asbury Rd
McDonough, GA 30253

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