Recycle This!

This should be the title to an Al Gore type educational movie, starring Billy Crystal as the conservationist and perhaps Michael Caine as the big bad polluter. Actually it's only the heading for my own personal attempt to encourage readers to recycle.

In Portugal, recycling is optional and not easy unless you live in a built-up area. We have recycled glass for years, because we don't use much, it's easy to store, doesn't smell and is 100% permanent, no decomposition at all over time. But it wasn't until we found the right size of boxes at Ikea that we finally got round to recycling paper and packaging.

It's been quite a surprise. Our "general rubbish" volume has fallen 70%! We now have to take the recycling bags with us when we go out, as the nearest recycling point is at driving distance, and the volume going to the landfill is almost none. But that's no big deal. So if you don't recycle yet, WHY THE HELL NOT!!!

(Nothing worse than a born-again recycler, eh... )