The Green Thing

[Medusa]

Love it and I'm going to share it.

[Asiel]

After reading this I realized just how true it is. Thinking back I can honestly say we were better at recycling than most people today and we didn't have the green thing back then. I can't remember seeing empty jars in the trash,our moms washed and sterilized them to use when they made preserves...today we wash them and throw them in the recycle box...lots of other things were reused also.

[Marigold2]

Yes times have changed.
How long I wonder will it take all the billions upon billions of poopy diapers water bottles, old Tubberwear and the millions of other plastic items we have sent to the land fills to finally break down.
Plastic is a marvel, a wonder, a lifesaver, a miracle and a very harmful thing to Mother Earth.

[Karen]

Yes times have changed.
How long I wonder will it take all the billions upon billions of poopy diapers water bottles, old Tubberwear and the millions of other plastic items we have sent to the land fills to finally break down.
Plastic is a marvel, a wonder, a lifesaver, a miracle and a very harmful thing to Mother Earth.

It does, however, many kinds of plastic recycle well, burn well, and so places with 'waste to energy converters" (we used to call them incinerators) can take care of it that way ... and yes, there are scrubbers on their smokestacks, worry not. We recycle all our plastic bottles and nearly anything else we can.

[momcat]

Love it and I'm going to share it.

Please feel free to share this, Mary, and anyone else so inclined.

The reason I shared this with all of you is first of all it's spot on true and second it brought back memories of a happier time. I remember my Mom sending me to the store to return empty bottles and letting me keep the nickle deposit given back. My late grandmother did a lot of canning and always sent us home with absolutely delicious homemade jam, pickles, and fruits reminding us to bring the Mason jars back next trip up to see her. We kids lived on our bikes and sometimes pretended they were horses. TV time was strictly limited to after dinner and homework then Saturday morning cartoons. Childhood obesity wasn't a problem because we kids were outside in the fresh air playing ball, riding bikes, playing tag and how many outdoor games did we make up as we went along? As I recall, we were never bored!

But we didn't have the green thing.....