Its off to the recycling center today! The last two times I went, the plastics section has been locked and closed, so I had the joy of bringing two boxes full of recycling back home again. Cross your fingers that it'll be open today. Not too many people recycle up here (even though it's free!). We have the fortune of thousands if not millions of trees growing all around us in the U.P., and maybe don't think about things like how the air looks (and smells-especially along 75, downriver) in Detroit, or the big garbage mountains in Watervliet.
I've been slowly trying to "go green" (although, I don't really like that saying so I'd rather say "be more conscientious to the environment"). I'm trying to use homemade household cleaners. It's more economical, definitely better for the environment, better for you, and will make you trendy among your friends, "going green" and all.
Here's a recipe for fruit/vegetable wash: mix 1 C. white vinegar, 1 C. water, and 2 T. lemon juice in a spray bottle. Leave the spray bottle by the kitchen sink and spray down those fruits and vegetables before using, follow by rinsing off with water (rinse your hands too so you don't smell like a pickle).
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