{"id":30201,"date":"2023-11-17T14:15:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T19:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=30201"},"modified":"2024-10-14T15:37:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T19:37:39","slug":"the-lengths-i-go-to-to-ensure-my-recycling-is-effective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=30201","title":{"rendered":"The lengths I go to to ensure my recycling is effective."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

i recall reading a comic book, possibly Richie Rich, a small ad in the back pages, where someone threw a toothpick in the NYC harbour. The gist of the message was “If everyone threw their toothpicks in the habour, it would fill up in short time”.
So, while I don’t believe any plastic I’ve ever used has ended up in the world’s oceans<\/a>, I still do the following to ensure even the smallest items end up in the correct stream.
I believe it gives me the right to occasionally make less-than-perfect recycling decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in reverse cron<\/a> order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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— 2024-10-14 – Monday – cardboard pie box (blueberry!) with plastic file window. just break it open, pull plastic film off carboard, recycle as appro<\/p>\n\n\n\n