I know this may not seem fitting for the context of this blog, but we do focus on usability and to me the usability of tangible things is something we can discuss as well. With that stated I finally have the chance to use the CA Redemption value seen on recyclable products. The “usability” aspect of glass bottles, aluminum cans and plastics is enormous. In its life time such things can go from a the siding of a house to a beverage can and finally into foil used for baking. I have always recycled but never have I wanted to do it more then knowing I can get money back for doing it. I know that is a petty excuse for recycling but it’s a damn good one. If I can get a $1.20 back for case of beer your damn straight I am going to do it.
So with that said I head off to the Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) center to let electronics count my recyclables and then print me a receipt which I then take for payment. $0.10 for anything over 24 ounces and $0.05 for under, per item. Anything else is a different measurement and payout, HDPE 2 is a return of $0.58 a pound, god thing I love orange juice! So the next time you are drinking from a beer bottle think of who may have had it before, and after. It’s very difficult to stop and think of others in the busy, technology driven world we reside in, but we should do it, for there is no try. For the close I present to you tree’s on mars! Seriously, wtf are those things, I want to go into space, even if it is as a delivery boy.
One unusual thing I re-use is those silica packets you get in shoe boxes and in electronics boxes. They absorb moisture so I throw them in the bins I keep my spare devices and in the cabinet I keep my artwork in.
How do you re-use?
I wish we had reverse vending machines in Philly - or maybe we do and I just don’t know about it. I wish people weren’t wasteful. I believe there are lots of better ways we could be living. I’m willing to make the effort. I’m going to start reusing those things Bryan is talking about.