If you are like most of us, you find the garbage cans overflow regularly. But we just set it out to be picked up and never give it another thought. Should we give it a thought? DCI Consumers decided to track down just where our garbage goes, what happens to it, and find out if we can help reduce the amount we produce.
Mr. Hogbin, of the Berkeley County Recycle Center, met them for a tour of the Recycle Center. There DCI Consumers were fascinated to learn that garbage falls into different categories and that is how it is sorted for disposal. There is a category for food waste, paper, metals, glass, aluminum, appliances, batteries, books, clothing, plastic, etc. The web site www.berkeleycountyrecycling.com will give helpful hints on how to decide if your items fit into one of these categories and which recycle center accepts. That’s right, there is more than one recycle center for everyone’s convenience. It was emphasized that reusing, reducing, and recycling garbage is important for our environment.
Matthew said he did not know that trees could be brought in and shredded up for mulch. “You can buy the mulch to use in your flowerbeds” he enthused.
Brittany said she like watching the large trucks that came in to transport the garbage.
Each DCI Consumer received a helpful brochure to share with their families about reducing, reusing, and recycling garbage. So how about it? Let’s all help our planet by being “garbage smart”!