Post in Plastic Grocery Bags in Minneapolis

Mar 18 19:22 UTC

>At 11:02 AM -0600 3/18/08, Dave Garland wrote:
>In rural Wisconsin, my niece has to not only separate glass colors, but
>wash cans and remove labels.  We got it relatively easy.
>
I remember World War II, and what citizens were asked to do to save
material resources and to "recycle" everything from glass and tin
cans to bacon grease (there was no plastic at the time). The
solidified grease we took to supermarkets in old coffee cans, to be
used to make soap. We had to wash bottles and cans, and one of my
first chores at home, as a little girl, was helping to open the
bottoms of cleaned and empty cans, put lid and bottom inside the can,
and flatten the can so all the parts stayed together and there wasn't
much bulk. The stomp-the-can part really thrilled me. And I became
part of The War Effort at the age of four.

We can do this: I wash and remove all labels from cans and bottles
and even plastic milk jugs before I put them out. Maybe it was that
WWII training in "we're all in this together."

Connie
Como, in Southeast Mpls