Reflect on Recycling Waste

from Newsletter 2023-2024 Volume 12.1

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Landin Huang '25

My household isn’t that heavy on recycling, which is not a good thing, but my parents are just too lazy to have multiple baskets lying in the middle of the kitchen, so they resort to having just one garbage can where all the waste goes to. However, I live in an apartment complex so there is a communal recycling system and I put my garbage in their respective bins, it’ s just at home it’ s not really set out in a discrete format I’ ve always wanted to try and convince my parents to maybe implement a recycling system, where there could be a small basket for bottles and cans, another basket for paper and boxes, and a large garbage can for things that are just food scraps and other things that would be oily and messy to deal with These other baskets don’t have to be big but they should be separated so that it is easier when I deal with the trash at the communal recycling center I’ m still going to continue to do my best at school and at home and be aware of what I am throwing into what bins so that I can contribute to a healthier environment!

My household is not really good with recycling But one thing we do is that we reuse paper Personally, I always use unwanted paper as scrap paper for math work In the condominium, there are separarte bins for waste, one for trash and one for recycling, however, I don’t think people use the system properly. I was thinking of making signs to put on each floor’ s trash cans which will help people know where to put what kind of garbage

SophiaGuo'26

MariamIashvili '25

My household does recycle water bottles but our system is not the best because my family members usually don’t care that much about organizing waste We only have a bag for any recycling like water bottles or cans but any other thing that we ’ re not sure about goes in the garbage can I try to check everything I throw out but in the end, we bring everything downstairs to the communal garbage cans in the basement of my apartment and it gets mixed up a lot. I will most likely force my family to get large trash and recycling bins close together so we can effectively dispose of waste and make sure plastic doesn’t end up in landfills, although water bottle companies still don’t recycle all plastic and the best case would be to not use or discard of any plastic products at all