Plastics - Reduce, Reuse & Recycle

Today, I had a visit in my home with a business associate from my local BNI networking group. Both she and I, are still novices when it comes to sustainability, but we're constantly stretching to learn and incorporate more, into our lifestyles.

On the other hand, we have two very smart husbands that are cool-to-warm on the subject of sustainability and especially recycling. I'm sure that if they both sat down and thought about it for any length of time, they would "see the light". But, in the meantime, she and I will continue to grow and hopefully they will grow with us.

One of the areas that has been a little scary to me, is plastics. Which types are "the good kind", which ones can be recycled, etc, etc. Basically, probably the best practice is just not to use plastic as much as possible. Obviously, that's a very hard thing to do these days, but there are many alternatives.

Also, the recycling mantra; Reduce, Reuse & Recycle goes a long way when it comes to plastics. I included a link to Earth 911's Plastics/Recycling page on their website, to give you some easy ideas.

In addition, here's a link with the Plastics Pocket Card that I found on the Green Guide's website. This is handy to carry around in your wallet. That way, when you're out and about and you're trying to remember "which is which" before making a plastic purchase, you can refer to this little cheat sheet.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week and enjoying the summertime. Blessings and prayers to everyone dealing with the fires, floods and other "mountains" in their lives.