Recycling: There's roll-off containers at the township building for Al cans, #1 and #2 plastics, cans, clear and colored glass. They also take newspapers, magazines, and some cardboard, but I don't bother with them.
Most paper, cardboard, wood, and some yard waste: I burn in a barrel. (It's legal here)
Most yard waste: composter - A low tech 1 cy wood box I built - I just pile it in and the pile magically keeps going down. I don't really use it for mulch, just a means of disposal. I used to put some kitchen waste in there and it worked well, but it attracted rats
so I bit the bullet on that one.
Kitchen and other: I take it to the transfer station every two weeks. I usually pay $10 for about 12 trash bags.
Misc. Metal items: There's a roll-off container at the transfer station. They take this for free.
Between recycling, burning and composting, I probably reduce our waste stream by about 2/3. If I paid a hauler, I'd probably pay about $20 a week.
The other family members think that I'm a little anal about it - I'll pick an aluminum can out of the kitchen wastebasket, wash it off, and put it in the recycling bucket and then correct them. They are learning though.
I was curious, does anyone else make as big of a deal out of it?
