It's About Time!

It's about time - both for DC to expand its recycling efforts...and for me to update this blog (incidentally, sorry it's taken me so long!).

So what prompted me to write? I just read about DC's expanding recycling program, which was posted on the DCist today. Check it out:

http://dcist.com/2008/10/07/dc_launches_expanded_recycling.php

According to the article, here's what the city will now pick up:

• Aerosol cans
• Milk and juice cartons
• Plastic bags, e.g., grocery bags, newspaper bags, shopping bags (Please “bag the bags” by placing all the bags into one bag.)
• Rigid plastics: plastic milk/soda crates, plastic buckets with metal handles, plastic laundry baskets, plastic lawn furniture, plastic totes, plastic drums, plastic coolers, plastic flower pots, plastic drinking cups/glasses, plastic 5-gallon water bottles, plastic pallets, plastic toys, and empty plastic garbage/recycling bins.
• Wide-mouth containers: peanut butter, margarine/butter tubs, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, whipped topping, and prescription and other medicine bottles.

This is a huge step, considering DC's historically poor recycling program. Great news - please spread the word!