its amazing what moving to a new place will do to you. your whole value system will change. you'll start eating off styrofoam, with plastic forks, and not even shed a shiver. yeah, I LIVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. now, chicago has a lot of "g" rhetoric, much of it is impressive, and in fact, a lot of it is realized. (check out the GREEN ROOF INITIATIVE to get an idea) or look at this:
that's the CITY HALL ROOF... so like i said, in some ways, especially in ways that like to be photographed, we are MAKIN MOVES.
But seriously, there is NO RECYCLING in my neighborhood. im not kidding, there is NO. RECYCLING. i mean, i could theoretically bike the a few miles with the goods on my back to recycling center, but, that's my only option until the south side gets municipal recycling in 2011. so.. realistically, there's not much recycling going on. (although, on the positive side, we're not adding to the GREAT TRASH ISLAND either.
so, it may sound primitive, but i've resorted to COMPACTING my TRASH
it feels pretty good actually. especially because i bet a lot of it ends up here: (HA! I CANT FIND A SINGLE PICTURE OF THE LANDFILL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD... THEY SAY ITS A PARK NOW!!!) welllll, imagine:
(yikes, all the images have been removed.. .GO GREEN! YA!)
oh well. i live near a giant fucking landfill that they are covering up, not to mention a big-ass power plant.
anyways, the point is, its a whole new game of scale. that being said: BUY CANS, NOT BOTTLES, AND CRUSH 'EM GOOD!
thats all from me for now. i think ill go drink some CHARTRUESE.
2 comments:
If you sort your recycling and set it out next to the trash will someone collect it to make some cash? (that ryhmes just for you) that's a sure-fire bet in LA even where we do have municipal recycling (the bottles and cans anyway).
you know, that is a great idea. actually, thats an amazing idea. im SURE somebody would take the cans and bottles. why didn't I think of that?!?! ahhhh, that's why you get paid the big bucks :)
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