Laundry day included my Waste Watchers shirt and towels that Grandma Carol had personalized for the family. The large towel with handprints was done by Sara and kids. Most plastics are recycled however I have not seen any #6, polystyrene. They save cardboard, paper, aluminum and tin cans. I'm not sure about glass, as so far none has been in the storage area. They save up a "load" and then a gentleman comes to MTC and buys the materials. It saves up to 5 large trashbags per week in the normal trash cycle. I'd like to get them into making a compost heap with the veggie, fruit discards (peels, stems, etc.) and coffee grounds. They could probably reduce another bag per week. Wem is considering starting a chicken coop to feed the food scraps to the chickens and harvest the eggs. At one time the complex had pigs and cows and a large garden, but as the youth of the day are coming more from the city than the farm, the work ethic is not as reliable as it used to be.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Laundry and Recycle May 2010 MTC
Laundry day included my Waste Watchers shirt and towels that Grandma Carol had personalized for the family. The large towel with handprints was done by Sara and kids. Most plastics are recycled however I have not seen any #6, polystyrene. They save cardboard, paper, aluminum and tin cans. I'm not sure about glass, as so far none has been in the storage area. They save up a "load" and then a gentleman comes to MTC and buys the materials. It saves up to 5 large trashbags per week in the normal trash cycle. I'd like to get them into making a compost heap with the veggie, fruit discards (peels, stems, etc.) and coffee grounds. They could probably reduce another bag per week. Wem is considering starting a chicken coop to feed the food scraps to the chickens and harvest the eggs. At one time the complex had pigs and cows and a large garden, but as the youth of the day are coming more from the city than the farm, the work ethic is not as reliable as it used to be.
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