Recycle 2 Save

Isn't seeing the end product one of the most effective forms of motivation? That is why we are constantly shown before and after weight loss pictures. Consider this my motivation for you. Keep it Green!   A few months ago I posted about a dog harness that was made from 100% recycled plastic (PET to be exact). The holiday decoration below has two things in common with the harness..   1. It's made from (mostly) a recycled item. 2. If you guess correctly you can be entered to win.   Check out our FB page and guess to be entered to win. Even better if you are new to our page or just haven't LIKED us yet  (what are you thinking?) you'll get even more chances to win. If you already LIKED us.. just pass this along to someone else for you to also be rewarded with extra entries in the drawing.   Here is our Facebook page just in case you'd like to go check it out (I really think you should).  

Has anyone ever told you something and you buy into it.. you eat it up and walk away thinking, "Wow, I feel better about that person or that company"? Have you ever woke up the next morning or even just tried to explain it to someone else and as you are talking it out it just doesn't make sense anymore. I have. I've watched little news blurbs, read quick headlines or even what I thought was the the whole story only to look into it further and realize that it wasn't all it was cracked up to be.  I've listened to a presentation only to later find out that either the presenter wasn't fully upfront (or to give them the benefit) wasn't completely informed. Many times in our industry this can be traced back to green washing. Companies or individuals want you to think that they are doing the right thing. They bank on the fact that you won't ask how. I am not an engineer and (unlike my husband and son) I don't really appreciate a good episode of ...

I apparently don't have the whole auto post thing down. I thought I did and it sure did seem simple enough but my "scheduled" Happy Thanksgiving post didn't happen as I expected. Sure this is a blog about keeping our planet healthy and green but it's so important to do that for our future. So.. in the spirit of being tardy for the party.. Wishing all a very Happy Holiday Season. It's never too late to give thanks.. on Thanksgiving and every day. What am I thankful for?? So much! Of course, my entire family but specifically, a wagon full of blessing and an amazing man to pull it (with me of course).   What about you? What are you thankful for?

I'm still trying to recover from the political election season. I can't help but feel like even informed voters weren't necessary informed based on solely truth. I'm not a very politically minded person. I certainly have my own beliefs and feelings and I have never subscribed to the philosophy that when I rant about how I feel you will adjust how you do. What if you were promised the whole story (just the truth and nothing but the truth), wouldn't that make voting so much easier? To relate this to the our industry we are happy to try and provide the full story about recycling and our recommendations. I have mentioned the Single Stream versus Dual Stream "debate" in the past. If you remember discussing single stream, I'm sure you remember my view on the situation. We stand strongly behind the idea of not mixing items together (especially food and drink containers that don't tend to be the cleanest to begin with) only to later separate t...