Last weekend we were god parents at our nephew’s christening. I resisted the temptation to go out shopping for a new outfit and instead visited Save Mart and bought two lovely second hand skirts for $20. Both can also be worn to work so it was money well spent. Hubby wasn’t quite as ‘noble’ opting for new trousers as the ones in his wardrobe didn’t fit – but we may be able to make the money back by selling his suit trousers as I’m guessing that he won’t be returning to that weight again! There are lots of things at Save Mart that you wouldn’t dream of buying but there are often gems so it is worth a look before trying brand new.
Yo-yo recycling 2
With regards to our city’s new system of alternate weeks recycling different items I noticed in our weekly newspaper last week a letter to the editor which was sweet and short – “From now on – to hell with recycling!” If you apply ‘choice architecture’ you can see why people would give up recycling, when something is no longer a simple option many people will revert to the simplest option which is chucking it in the bin.
Yo-yo Recycling
Today was the first morning of our city’s new recycling programme. We can once again only recycle 1 & 2 plastics and now we have to alternate our recycling – one week paper/cardboard, the next plastic, cans, glass. The problem of course with this system is that at 6:30am in the morning wandering around the house bleary eyed trying to get to work is not the greatest time to be working out which week is which. I must have got it right though as it was gone when I got home. I have a feeling that some people will find it just too hard and end up stuffing all their recycling in the rubbish. It will be interesting over the next few weeks to see how much recycling gets put out in our street – maybe I’m the least organised person in the street and just don’t know it!