Day 107 - Thursday 4/17/08

Today's Haul:

• 1 cider bottle w/top - recycle
• 3 paper plates - worms
• 1 pizza platter cover - worms
• 3 hot dog "boats" - worms
• 3 paper towels - worms
• 2 potato chip bags - garbage
• 2 plasticoated drink cups - garbage
• 2 drinking straws - recycle
• 2 paper covers from drinking straws - worms
• 2 glass juice bottles w/caps - recycle
• 2 plastic safety covers from drink bottles - recycle
• 2 plastic tops from drink cups - recycle
• 3 plastic wrappers from sucking candies - garbage

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Day 106 - Wednesday 4/16/08

Today's Haul:

• 1 aluminum foil wrap box - recycle
• 1 metal cutter from aluminum foil wrap box - recycle
• 1 paper towel - worms
• 1 m&ms package - garbage
• 1 piece used dental floss - garbage
• 2 pieces scrap paper - worms
• 1 used q-tip - worms
• 2 pieces of wrapped foil - garbage
• 4 sugar packets - worms
• 2 pieces chewed gum in foil - garbage
• 1 piece tape - garbage
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Day 105 - Tuesday 4/15/08

Today's Haul:

• 2 compostable cardboard bowls - worms
• 1 piece of tin foil wrap - recycle
• 4 paper towels - worms
• 1 plastic bag - recycle
• 1 plastic packaging from kitchen timer - recycle
• 1 paper insert from kitchen timer - worms
• 1 beer bottle w/cap - recycle

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Day 104 - Monday 4/14/08

Today's Haul:

• Several large sheets of plastic backing from contact paper - garbage
• 1 plastic shrink wrapping - recycle
• 4 pieces of "foam" wrapping - garbage
• 1 cardboard blender box (yes she got a new blender) - repurpose for later shipping
• 2 cardboard packing inserts from blender box - recycle
• 2 plastic bags - recycle
• 1 plastic electrical cord protector - recycle
• 1 compostable cardboard bowl - worms

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Week 15 Pics

Finally cleaned up the bottles but I think the basement needs a little help.  We pulled a bunch of stuff out for a camping trip and I need to put it back.  That said, no smells or small livestock (that i know of) and the spiffy new grey recyclables tub to boot.

The garbage box is getting full.  I think i'm going to have to seal it and start on the next one ion a week or so.

Worms, bags and paper woopeee!!!!!

The old and the new recyclables tubs.

And finally, the newly stocked stairs of bottles.

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Gravity

John Mayer sings about it, Sir Isaac Newton pondered upon it, Michael Jordan seemed to defy it, and tonight, it visited me in the basement.

As you've seen before, I had the bottles nicely arranged along the side of the staircase looking all neat and cool.  I logged my stuff tonight, opened the door to the basement to put things in their respective homes, and an old vent cover that I had hanging on the wall knocked loose as i was walking down the stairs. Like some bad bowling nightmare, the bottles started shooting all over the place, and before you knew it, the basement looked like the picture you see here.  It was actually sort of funny in a bizarre slow motion kind of way. Astonishingly, not a single bottle broke, so the cleanup shouldn't be that bad.  That said, i've got to get up at 5 AM for work, so i fear that new pics will have to wait until tomorrow night.

Gravity.  Gotta love it.

Dave

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Day 103 - Sunday 4/13/08

Today's Haul:

• 1 plastic top from takeout PS6- recycle
• 1 aluminum container from takeout - recycle
• 1 package awesome mint milano cookies - garbage
• 1 paper cookie holder - recycle
• 1 plastic bulk cereal bag - recycle
• 1 glass marinara sauce jar w/top - recycle
• 1 plastic candy bag - recycle
• 1 glass instant coffee container w/top - recycle
• 1 plasticoated plate - garbage
• 1 plastic party fork - recycle
• 1 plastic ring from milk container - recycle
• 1 chips bag - garbage
• 1 piece chewed gum in foil wrapper - garbage

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