WHY I RECYCLE

Everyone has their own motivations for recycling.  Here are a few of mine:

1. Recycling gives me an overview of our consumer pattern.  It’s humbling to see how many empty beer bottles two people can produce in a month.  This knowledge gave me and my husband the incentive to start brewing our own beer!
2. I’d rather be part of the solution than part of the problem.  All landfills ultimately release toxins, especially if they contain kitchen scraps, paper, yard trimmings, and cardboard.  We don’t put these things in our trash because we don’t want to pollute Maui.
3. I enjoy the challenge.  It’s a fun game to see just how little we can send to the landfill.  Each week that we don’t have to haul our trash can to the curb is a week worth celebrating with some of that delicious home-brewed beer.
4. I need an excuse to go outside.  Call me weird, but now that we don’t have horses to feed, I miss my evening chores.  Taking out the recycling is a great reason to wander out to the shed and see what the birds are up to.

Congratulations to the many households on Maui that take the time to recycle.  For the rest of you – what are you waiting for?  You can begin now by choosing one type of material to divert from your trash.  Every little bit helps!

If not now, when?