R is for Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Whole Foods in Friendly Center is making an effort to educate the public about disposing of trash. Before us, we see three bins: 1) trash/landfill, 2) recycling, and 3) compost. This sorting helps us reduce, reuse, and recycle. Some items inevitably head to the landfill; however, there is plenty of waste that can be recycled or composted.  The City of Greensboro takes yard waste that can be composted. They now takes all plastic bottles and jugs numbered 1-7.* This is a more generous policy than we had in previous years, Whole Foods helps educate us on what exactly can be done with which items.  Greensboro has learned that nobody wants a garbage dump in their neighborhood, so the less trash that we have, the better off we all are. Every composted or recycled piece of trash makes a tremendous difference in what gets sent to the dump.

Today is ABC Wednesday and for our GO GREEN Greensboro series, "R" is for reduce, reuse, recycle! We can also add, "repurpose," that great effort to make something useful out of something that has outlived its usefulness. If you look closely on the wall, you can see that Whole Foods made decorations out of old wooden spools from local textile mills, a local, repurposed touch. 

 

*view the city's plastic recycling page here.

Comments

[Roger Green]

I think you did this a previous time, and I for one applaud it!
ROG, ABC Wednesday team

[Wanda]

Good idea.

[Nanka]

We are trying it out here too and it does make excellent compost for the green tops!!

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[Leslie]

Perfect post and one to remember for always!

Leslie
abcw team

[mindlovemisery]

Awesome message! In Sweden recycling is mandatory or rather you are penalized if you don't

[Kate]

It is a very good way to organize your life. Kate, ABC Team