All that TRASH.

Not Trash Talkin'

What is it about TRASH?  It never seems to really go away.  Like laundry you still have something that is dirty minutes after getting it all done. What gives?

To Recycle Or Not to Recycle. . .now there is a question.

When you have gotten so far gone in the trash collecting, do you take the time to recycle? I have heard that initially you just need to get it gone. Bag it up, throw it all out in the dumpster. Skip it until you have it managed. Once the floor can be seen and you are going in the right direction, then recycle. Here I am again trying to figure out the why of it all. But really, why I am so bad about taking out the trash?

I am a big "GREEN" fan and hate to see items that can be recycled in the trash.  But, there is no recycling pick-up in my development.  Actually, the city offers it, but the HOA (Home Owners Association) Board voted to not have it in our townhome development. Without pick-up it makes trash more complicated, and therefore more time consuming.  I have to sort it, gather it in the car and drive to the recycling center to get rid of it. Anything that has more than one step at my house stacks up or doesn't get done at all.

Deadlines, a necessary evil.

Also, there is the question of being held to a deadline. When I had a home there was a designated day and time that my trash was picked up at the curb.  Hence a deadline. I have to take out my own trash, no hubby or kids to delegate the task to. But, when there was a deadline (real or imagined) I was rushing through the house every Tuesday morning to get the trash and recycling to the curb.  Now I drive my trash down to the dumpster near the pool. Sometimes I do walk it over. But when I drive I am more efficient. I can take 4 or 5 bags instead of two. Only one trip. Plus, I pass the dumpster on my way out of the main entry every day.

Today's Task Completed.

Today, I tackled the trash and bagged up 6 bags! Then I took them to the dumpster. Not a bad start, but maybe there is a way to keep it from getting out of control. I could give myself a deadline and collect the trash on a certain day of every week. Maybe each day I drop it off at the dumpster on my way to work, leaving only the recycling trip for the weekend. Not sure which I will try. But, for the time being until the trash is back under control completely, I vote for the "daily dumpster run". A goal of two bags each day until this goal is met might work.

Do you agree?