Yesterday, Ed and I went to recycle some “dead” electronics in Decatur. Our friend Heather told all of us at work about it. We thought we’d be in and out in a hurry. Not so much. Traffic, traffic, traffic. Police officers directing traffic. Multiple lines for drop-off. Us bickering when the guy taking our recyclables couldn’t get the back door of the car open. :)
Good times.
We felt good about keeping this stuff out of the landfill… and I’m sure we’ll have more in the spring when they do this all over again.
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Speaking of landfills, have you heard of Freecycle? It keeps over 300 tons out of landfills each day!
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Jen
Sorry it was a frustrating experience for you! What time did you go? I got there reasonably early (during the first hour), and was in and out in a couple of minutes — and though they had multiple lines going, it was all pretty well organized. (It might’ve helped that I didn’t have as much as last time, too: only enough to fill the passenger seat and floor on that side of the car.)
Maybe they’re outgrowing their location at the high school? :-(
It really wasn’t frustrating… just wild. :)