Eco-guilt

[Disneyphile]

We do what we can, and I'm very conscious of some things.

However, I'll totally admit that we do not have a recycling bin at home for cans/bottles. Our kitchen is already small enough, and there's no room.

I don't feel guilty about that at all, because I do other things to make up for it. But, I really hate when someone comes into my home and condemns me for not having a recycling bin. In regards to the space issue, I've even been told, "that's no excuse". Um, sorry, but my comfort comes first, and I'm not sacrificing two square feet of the mere 21 that we have in there. We can already barely move in there as it is.

And, no, I'm not putting one outside either.

We largely make up for this by only buying sodas in 2-liter bottles, and we have a Brita pitcher for water. So, we discard approximately 2-3 soda bottles per week, if that. And, it's definitely not worth polluting the air to drive those couple of bottles over to a recycling center on a weekly basis.

We also eat mainly fresh foods and avoid most canned goods to also reduce the amount of trash we create.