Recycling glass and plastics, oh my!
Never a news about recycling has ever excited me like this one!!!! The expansion of Bellaire’s curbside recycling to include glass (clear and colored) as well as plastics numbers 1 to 7 has left me ecstatic. Before the first curbside program was implemented, I would make the trip once every couple of weeks to the Bellaire Recycling Center with all acceptable recyclables. However, the implementation of the curbside recycling left me in a guilt-ridden dilemma: I was conscienciously recycling the few items accepted by that program, but I was not going to make a special trip to the Recycling Center – and suffer the foul-smelling air from the water treatment plant on Edith Street -for a few clear glass jars. Sorry, but my efforts were plenty enough like that… I didn’t like throwing glass nor did I enjoy throwing plastic containers with numbers other than 1 and 2. But nothing convenient was in place and I could never understand why… So I welcome with glee the new program… I won’t feel guilty any more emptying a wine or beer bottle or other cleaning product containers. As far as I am concerned, that’s great news. My wish is that everyone in Bellaire embraces this progress and starts recycling with renewed enthusiasm. It cannot get easier than this. By the way, I hope the company buying all this material is using every bit of it to make new stuff!