We had told you previously that Houston's Solid Waste Management Department is changing yard waste rules and adding some fines, starting April 5th. We wanted to slip you a gentle reminder, beings how the new effective date has been pushed out. We've heard a lot of opposition to the new requirement to use compostable lawn bags when putting yard waste out for pick-up. In fact, we 've heard some "why?" type complaints, as the new bags are more expensive than standard plastic lawn bags. Well, because it sorta makes little or no sense to put items that will decompose, and rather quickly we might add - into a plastic sack that won't, or at least not quickly. It's tantamount to only purchasing fair trade coffee and insisting on using a styrofoam cup. Stryofoam has a half-life, we swear. Plus, we, as a nation, toss more coffee cups, "go boxes" and meat trays into a land fill than you might think (well, just think about it, for a second). Okay, back to the yard waste issue and your options, if you are a homeowner with a lawn and all.
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Tomorrow is offcially Earth Day and there have been some celebrations or educational programs going on around us. However, we like to think that every day is Earth Day, ever since we saw that infamous anti-litter campaign featuring Iron Eyes Cody. We have some pretty simple tips for being a little bit greener we'll share with you. Yeah, we know, you're going to roll your eyes at some, but, we may impart a new idea upon you (and we would LOVE to hear your suggestions) and perhaps reduce our carbon footprint. We will caveat that statement with the acknowledgement that, while industry has the largest carbon emissions and can make a larger impact to reduce anthropogenic pollution (like carbon), those steps or modifications are not "free" and come back to us by way of various price increases. Every little bit helps, and the first and easiest step is recycling at home and hopefully at work (yep, roll your eyes here). We still talk to people who insist that trash is trash and recycling a waste of time. Galls us, it does. Houstonians, you can drastically reduce your contributions to the local landfill by participating in curb side recycling or making a regularly scheduled trip to a disposal facility or depository. Just recycling your plastics (1 & 2 only), tin cans, aluminum cans and junk mail/magazines/newspapers you can witness a huge reduction in the amount of garbage that hits your curb on trash day. Here is a link to the City of Houston's recycling information. You already do that? Us too!