Cans

The guy pushing this cart around was collecting cans from the recycling bins in the park. He was working hard for the small amount of money these cans are worth!

Morning temperature: 50 degrees

Steps: 8814

Recycling

 I like the fine print: You Can It. We Recycle It!

Morning temperature:  32 degrees

Steps: 9400

Bagless

A BIG barge on the river

I'm known for carrying one or two reusable totebags at all times. I have a huge collection of them though I stick to a few favorites. But still from time to time I acquire a plastic grocery bag. Sometimes it's not worth arguing with store clerks more than a couple times in one conversation and I end up taking one. I've taken groceries out of the plastic bag only to see the clerk throw the bag away. I can't have that! At least, the bag needs to be used several times before it is tossed or recycled!

And sometimes other people give me a plastic bag with some item they think I should have. I've been known to rescue bags that people were about to throw in the trash. The point is that I still accumulate plastic bags even though I do my best to avoid taking one. I use those bags when I need to protect something from rain, as a double layer leak protection and sometimes for trash bags...always trying to get several uses from it.

This weekend I achieved a major goal. I used up the last bag in my bag collection! I don't remember that EVER happening! Of course, that's good news bad news. When I wanted to double wrap my compost this morning for the trip to the compost drop off I was out of luck!

Morning temperature: 60 degrees
Morning steps: 6324

NYC SAFE Disposal

I don't know these people but apparently photo ops with walking recycling containers were only allowed if people were in the photo too

Yesterday I visited one of the  NYC SAFE Disposal events at Union Square Park. They really had an organized set up to accept and sort various items. It was a nice day and I hope they were busier as the day unfolded.

I was able to drop off some old medications, burnt out fluorescent bulbs and electronics for appropriate disposal. It's so nice to have opportunities to get the stuff taken care of in the right manner.

By next year, NYC will not allow electronics to be tossed in the trash and already many of the major electronics stores will accept the throwaways but one stop disposal is nice!

Morning temperature: 65 degrees
Morning steps: 5940

Recycling E-Waste

The Lower East Side Ecology Center & Tekserve sponsored an electronic recycling pick up today in  Chelsea. An old laptop from my apartment joined the piles of stuff. I'm glad to have an easy way to drop things off to be recycled or responsibly trashed.