Go Green tips for September 20th

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Here Sarah's groovy green tips for Monday, September 20th:

• More about recycling, you can log onto addisoncountyrecycles.org to find out what to do with things like Styrofoam, bubble wrap and other packaging material that don’t belong in the blue bin!

How hard is it for you to consistently make green choices? Well, if it makesyou feel better, you’re not alone! There are times that I’m simply too tired to keep track! For instance, this past Saturday, my daughter Emily had some friends over. Now, she’s Fourteen, so the gatherings and parties are getting easier in some ways, but not so much in others. Easier in the fact that I don’t have to plan the activities for the group, because they’re no longer interested in “pin the tail on the donkey”. If I offered, though, I’m sure “pin the tail on the Mom” would go over incredibly well! But, once again, I digress. The parties are harder in the fact that by the time they’re teenagers, their mess-making skills are finely honed. Yes, there was a cake fight and I’m still trying to get that off the carpet, the ceiling... Anyway, as I was tackling the disaster, I went into biohazard mode. Everything began going into the trash. I wasn’t paying attention after a certain point. I’m sure the chocolate icing on my glasses might have played a part in my oblivion, but who knows. That night, as I was puttering in the kitchen, I glanced down on the trash can and noticed the plastic cups, the plastic utensils, soda cans…what was I thinking? I’m no paragon of recycling virtue, but at least I’m aware (for the most part, anyway!). My point? Don’t be too hard on yourself for checking out occasionally. Becoming green is, like everything else, a process. You’ll fall off the wagon every once in a while, but as long as you get back on that’s the most important thing! By the way, I did pick out those things that got by me the first time, but within reason…I only went into the trashcan up to my elbow. Anymore than that and I’d need my “Has-mat” suit! This is the Go Green Ride at Five on 92.1 WVTK!