In my condo building we do not have those fabulous blue bins in which to put all my glass bottles, aluminum cans, mixed paper, etc, for recycling. This has always caused my crazy, Northern California, recycle-minded self some stress. I hoard all my recyclables in bags around the kitchen and when I am overflowing I take them to the recycle place for my $3.00. And I don’t do it for the $3.00 ~ in fact, if the line is too long I leave with someone who has collected a lot more than me. It’s annoying only because I don’t really have room for a lot of recycling and so it gets cluttered in the little nook by my fridge and so I trip over cans and bottles more often than is necessary.

Finally, my HOA prayers have been answered. Our building has signed up for the *free* recycle program and we now going to have blue bins in the garage…

I am over the moon about this. Like a little more ecstatic than a normal person might be. Every day I come home from work hoping I will find the new blue bins and feel ultra-disappointed when they haven’t arrived yet. So, while I wait I study the list of things I can place in the blue bins upon their arrival so I am a responsible recycle participant!