Green Tomorrow

It is nearly impossible these days to open the newspaper, turn on the TV, or listen to the radio without seeing a headline or hearing someone commentary on global warming. Clearly, a lot of the evidence we see in the media today makes a strong point to its existence. Polar ice shelves appear to be receding, ocean levels seem to be rising, and deadly hurricanes, typhoons, and tornadoes are constantly in the news. At the same time, there is abundant evidence that we are merely experiencing a natural warming trend. In the last two years there have been multiple regional records set for coldest temperatures on record and amount of snow precipitation.

1. Recycle. Minnesota has been a leader in recycling, so this is something we’ve been doing for years. We recycle newspapers, cardboard, cans, bottles, plastics, and glass. Quick tip - rinse or wash your recyclables and you won’t attract bugs.

2. Wash and reuse plastic storage and sandwich bags. It’s not difficult and there’s the added benefit of saving money. It’s been years since I’ve purchased a new box of plastic storage bags.

The bad thing about buying CDs is all the excess paper and plastic packaging that comes with them, not to mention that millions are thrown away every year. The good thing is that we can recycle and reuse almost every part of our old CDs.