When Justin and I lived in our duplex on Shirley Lane, we tried curbside recycling for a while...however, we didn't have much luck as the students didn't always pick up on the correct day and the billing was so screwed up.
The other day, I was cruising the Peoples' Grocery Co-Op website and they had a listing for a new curbside provider.
The company, Carnahan Curbside, is located out of Olsburg and the owner came with great references from my sister's mother-in-law. While checking out other providers in the area, I was very disappointed in the lack of information or broken web links. In my opinion, if you can't have a website in today's world, I'm automatically skipping over ya!
Last Saturday, I sat down at the computer and signed up for Carnahan and by Monday afternoon the bins were on our front porch! My anal retentive tendencies kicked in and I decided to place the bins next to the trash can so we have NO excuse for throwing out something that could live another life!
But the best part of Carnahan??? The payment is taken via PayPal so no need to keep track of paper bills, you can check all your account info online AND new referrals get free service and so do we!!!
Justin was convinced that recycling is going to be a waste of money and being the penny pincher he is, that's a sore spot! I'm convinced that we will break even--if not drastically reduce our trash fequency by recycling.
Per the photo, after 4 days of recycling we've collected a lot of stuff! Three days later and we've only used 1 trash bag in an entire week! I didn't take a picture of the bins after 7 days because it's a bit embarrassing to see all our rubbish! Oh, and please let me point out--the beer bottles and pizza box are NOT mine! lol
Just to prove Justin wrong, I'm becoming very conscious of the packaging that our groceries, take out, etc comes in. If we're paying for the service, we're going to use it as much as we can :-) After my root canal last week, I've had more than my fair share of milkshakes...as much as I love Sonic, we have to break up because their drinks come in styrofoam cups. I can't recycle that! At least I can break down my paper cups from McDonald's and smoosh it into the recycling bin :-) Simple changes such as your drinking cups, grocery bags, etc will make a huge difference in the long run
If you want to check out Carnahan yourself, go to http://www.carnahancurbside.com/; and if you decide to sign up, our reference number is "4y6y"
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