21 Feb 09 Recyling In Charleston

There’s a lot of stuff that can be recycled.

Some stuff can be recycled in the home, without even going to the dump or the recycling center.

We’ve now purchased some of those 99 cent fabric grocery bags at Publix (and other supermarkets do them too). They not only mean less plastic in the landfill, but it’s actually easier when carrying the groceries from the car to the kitchen, as you don’t have a couple of dozen flimsy plastic bag, but 3-4 strong fabric ones.

However, we’ve still got a huge stack of those plastic ones, and, i’ll admit that sometimes we forget to put the fabric ones back into the car.

The recycling bit? We use those plastic carriers in the trash cans around the house. It saves us money, and we’re not using yet more plastic.

We collect Aluminum cans here too. It takes us a good while, as I tend to drink bottled beer or a growler, and I don’t drink soda, and Kathy not very often. Still, they do build up, and there is a place we take them on Rivers Avenue in North Charleston, that pays for them. Last time we went, we got about $8-9. It wasn’t a lot, not for over a years worth, but its better than nothing, for no effort beyond finding somewhere to store a few hundred crushed cans.

I recycle paper as much as possible. We don’t usually buy a newspaper, but we still get plenty of that annoying junk mail garbage. We use that in the fireplace, helps get the wood burning.

As for office paper,  I recycle that too. When I’ve printed stuff out, invariably on one side, and I’ve finished with it, I cut them into four, and use the other, blank side for notes. I keep a stack of that on my desk at all times.

Stuff you can easily recycle in Charleston includes, Aluminum Cans, Steel Cans and empty Aerosol Cans, Plastic, and Glass Bottles. Also Paper products and magazines.

There are a number of sites around the county where used motor oil and flters can be disposed of, if you change your own oil.

There are also a number of recycling centers that accept bigger household items, such as computers, monitors, printers, adding machines, telephones, TVs, CDs DVDs, and cassette players, and other, similar items.

There you can also take old paints, cleaners, polishes, pesticides, and automotive products.

To find out more about recycling in Charleston county, check out this link

Remember though, not only are you helping the community by recycling some of your waste, but you can also save yourself some money in the process!

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