Recycling

A couple weeks ago, Ba'al picked up a booklet at one of the farmer's markets put out by a local earth friendly coalition.  It is basically a list, broken down by category, of all the things that can be recycled locally and where to take said things.  Among the surprises:

Boulder Running Company, to which one can take worn out athletic shoes for recycling.

Many dry cleaning facilities accept plastic sheeting and wire hangers for recycling or reuse.

A program that accepts old cellphones and refurbishes them for the families of deployed soldiers.

The number of retailers, Whole Foods and Wal Mart included, that take in plastic shopping bags for recycling.

*Many* companies recycle ordinary household batteries

The local Renew store is also featured in the booklet.  I *love* Renew.  People who are renovating bring in their old appliances, extra tile, fixtures, cabinets, really almost anything you can imagine that would go into the building of a house or office.  People who need something can then purchase these things for much less than retail.  It's fabulous.  The link contains a list of Renew locations.

The one thing that REALLY bugs me.  The only "full service" recycling facility *in*the*entire*city* is about fifteen miles north of us.  There are plenty of bins located at various retailers close to us but none of them take all the basic household items.  Wal Mart has bins but only takes office paper and newsprint.  King Souper has bins but only takes office paper/newsprint/junk mail and "tin."  So we've got boxes in the back of the truck and make the trek up to the very most northern part of town once a month or so.