Us, Liberals? No way!

So, we decided to get organized with our recycling. We got super excited a couple of weeks ago when the city expanded it's plastic curbside collection to include #3, #4, #5, & #7 plastics. We already have two of the green recycling bins provided by the city (one pictured), but they are always spilling over before the collection is made every other Tuesday. So, I went out and bought some trash cans and created some labels for the different items. I'm not fond of all the room they take up in the kitchen, but it's a small sacrifice. When they get full, we just take out the bag, tie it up, and throw it in the other green bin in the garage. We are still overflowing, but at least it is more of an organized mess now. My type A personality totally digs this. Yep, exciting stuff going on over here at our house!

Carsten has really gotten excited about recycling lately, so we thought the new set up would make it easier for him to participate. Now, he just looks at the pictures, and for the most part, can figure out where everything goes. He gets really excited when he gets to "recycle something". I asked him the other day if he knows why we recycle. He looked at the labels on the trash cans and said, "So the world keeps going around and around." I told him that he was exactly right. He also knows that we turn lights off "so we don't waste electricity" and that we "don't waste water" ("or the water tower will run out of it"). He also understands why Daddy drives a scooter that has to be charged instead of running on gas.

Yep, he's our good little liberal.