this is the part of the blog where i will share with you all as i learn the joys of recycling as a lifestyle. it is not an option and there are slightly more rules than when i lived in brookside and you simply threw all plastic, paper, and aluminum into a bin. no sir, there are specific days when you dispose of your plastic, other days for paper, another for "garbage" and the fun part is that they aren't the same from week to week or month to month. there are so many dang holidays around here so that messes up the whole schedule - one week it's on friday, then the next monday... who knows. it's all some big conspiracy filled with unspoken rules and loopholes so that when confronted by a four-holed trash container on the street, and i can't even read the words of what to put where, i just wait until i can safely assume no one is looking, and cram my bread wrapper into whatever hole is closest to me. the fine art of recycling is overwhelming and even with all of my visits here, i am still learning. some of your recycling is picked up, the glass you take yourself, beer bottles and plastic bottles you take back to the store where you purchased it for a refund, the food waste is separated into liquidy flushables and solid biodegradables (which stink up the kitchen) as they have no disposals... yes, this is normal and there is a very intricate system and i am silly for not knowing what goes where. if any of you happen to have any other tips on recycling here, please share them with me as i discover how to make the most of the limited resources and care for the environment. germans are very conscientious of this and i rather enjoy it, however dumbfounding it is to me currently...
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Ahhhhh, how I wish the U.s. was more like this . . . I'm trying to teach my students. They are beginning to draw on whatever trash is lying around and use other people's clay scraps for their projects. Bless them. They are actually realizing that it is less work too! most of the time.
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