We have curbsite recycling here, and we have paper recycling at church. So I break down the recycling based on that.

Glass they don’t do here. The one thing we don’t have to do is separate the trash. It all goes into a single bin. Which I’m not so sure is a good idea. But I’ll bet they employ workers to separate trash later.

I’ve been using cloth grocery bags instead of string ones. The cloth bags hold more, and cost less. Fifty cents a bag. I get a five cent credit for each cloth bag I use.

Becky recycles as well. The only problem is that Gracie puts her diapers in there instead of the trash can.

Some things I’ll use cloth for, but diapers is one of those things I won’t. There are all kinds of reasons to use cloth, but as the grandparent of two kids in diapers, I don’t want to do so much laundry. They don’t live with me, but they get changed enough over here.

Do you have curbside recycling in Kansas City? In Berkeley and Oakland it’s every week, outside your house. It’s pretty easy to do and we’ve stopped throwing away anything made out of paper, glass, aluminum. The only tricky thing is plastic, and if I can, I try not to buy it, but that’s just not always possible.

One thing I like about our school lunches is that we almost never use plastic bags, which are hugely wasteful — expensive, a burden on the landfill and not very attractive.

It’s funny how many obsessions we share, Sue!

I’ve taken over the responsibility of being the person who provides real plates/cups/silverware for our 35 member church. We’ve stopped throwing away paper coffee cups and paper plates.

Sure, I have dishes to do, but I can have others help with that chore. It’s every Sunday.

We have a before and after church coffee/juice/fruit/dessert bar. I tend to be the one with the fruit every few weeks.