Weekly Recap: 11/30/12

It's amazing how much more likely I am to do something if it's just the slightest bit easier. So this past weekend I did a little recycle bin reorganization to simplify my sorting.

Since I need to separate paper from plastics and glass come recycling day, I now have one small bin for paper, another for plastic and glass and a whole lot more recycling! Small, easy changes = big impact.

How do you keep recycling easy? Share your tips with us below.

Have a great weekend! Until next time…
-Natalie

This week's highlights:

• How to Stop Getting All Those Phone Directories
• 4 Basic Tips for Greening Your Family
• Proper Green: Mellowing Roommate Disputes
• EarthBaby — Compostable Diapers!

This week's top 5 posts from the Recyclebank community:

• Courtesy of daughter's attendance at the @SFGreenFilmFest I found out about @recyclebank - just signed up, curious how it impacts behavior
  –@BenHess via Twitter
• Check out this big bucket of delicious compost we made! And that's just half of what's in the composter. I can't imagine how many pounds of food scraps (& Q-tips!) we saved from the landfill.
  –Mike via Facebook
• Thanksgiving dinner, except for the birds and dessert--the BEFORE picture, for soup, salad, veggies, wild rice, and fruit cup.
  -Kay via Facebook
• My community finally allows for old books to be recycled. I dropped off 10 at one time. Previously I shredded them for the animal rescue to use in rabbit cages
  -Zena in How To Stop Getting All Those Phone Directories
• If the paper bag has out lived its normal usage for shopping, trying using it to store flower bulbs in the shed, shred for gift bag filling, fill it with your other recyclables paper products (keeps them a bit neater and easier for the collector), instead of tissue paper, use them to wrap breakables, they don't leave ink like newspaper! if you need to wrap a gift, rather than putting it in a bag and you have a colorful bag that might be to big or small, or slightly torn... cut it to use as wrapping paper!
  -Kat in Are Paper Bags Recyclable?