What do you do to make recycling less of a hassle in your home?

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Elisabetta M

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Just curious. I am trying to teach my 9 year old to take care of the earth because when I am dead and gone, her generation is going to be the one in charge of keeping it clean. So we have a "recycling corner" where we put the recyclables and then at the end of the week we take the cans and put them in the "can can" and then take the cardboard and put that in the "cardboard can", etc. We're lucky to have a regular recycle pick up in our neighborhood.

Also, part of her chores is to try and keep her showers under 10 minutes. She takes them at night and used to spend 25-30 minutes with me standing in the door way saying "Giada, c'mon honey!" and now if she keeps it under 10 minutes (and still gets clean of course) then she gets a star and it goes towards her allowance at the end of the week.

What do you do to make recycling less of a hassle and more of a routine?
 
Where I live you need to separate your paper, your boxboard and your cardboard from each other. I used to just pile it all up and then sort it at the end of the week. I used to dread doing it. Then one day I took an hour out of my time and set-up bags for everything so I could sort it as I used it. Now when I use a box it's no harder to put it in its correct spot than it is to throw it in a pile. It's saved me about an hour a week and makes recycling so much more "fun".

I'm glad to hear you're teaching your child to take care of the world. If more people would do this we'd be living in a better place.
 
Where I live you need to separate your paper, your boxboard and your cardboard from each other. I used to just pile it all up and then sort it at the end of the week. I used to dread doing it. Then one day I took an hour out of my time and set-up bags for everything so I could sort it as I used it. Now when I use a box it's no harder to put it in its correct spot than it is to throw it in a pile. It's saved me about an hour a week and makes recycling so much more "fun".

I'm glad to hear you're teaching your child to take care of the world. If more people would do this we'd be living in a better place.
 
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