Monthly Archives: November 2008
Day 143: Drinking Straws and New Vocabulary
“No straw please.” Although I always try to say it, sometimes I forget. Or they can’t hear me. Or they forget. Or they don’t care. Or whatever. Regardless, I have quite a collection of drinking straws in my “un-numbered plastics” … Continue reading
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Day 141: Don’t Believe Everything You Read
If, in fact, what I read online is true, and “each week thousands of Globe and Mail readers make Margaret Wente’s column their first read”, then I feel that I have to speak out. Allow me to paraphrase her Saturday … Continue reading
Filed under interactions, recycling, soft plastics
Day 136: Dustalicious
Well, it finally happened. Our vacuum bag filled up. This doesn’t happen often because we mainly have laminate floors and prefer an old fashioned broom to the overpowering, cat-traumatizing power of our upright vacuum. But nothing beats the clean corners … Continue reading
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Day 133: Backyard Compost Etiquette
I’ve been receiving some composting questions as of late, and, not being a compost expert myself, I did a little online research and eventually decided to go to the source of all things compostable: the compost hot line. Yes, here … Continue reading
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Day 132: Our Car is Not On the Clean Bin Program
Our car doesn’t seem to understand the Clean Bin Project. It is trying to thwart our clean bins with broken auto parts and old engine oil. Well, at least the latter can be recycled. But buying new parts in almost … Continue reading
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Day 129: Money We Can’t Spend
I’m tooting my own horn a bit here, but Grant and I have recently become winners. Contest winners. We placed second in a national, outdoor video contest through Mountain Equipment Co-op. For you American readers, MEC is like REI for … Continue reading
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