Hello everypuggy,
Today is that time again for my Green Stubby Reports.
Let's make Stubby proud today by discussing bottles and plastic.
I was snoozing away in my bed when all of a sudden Mum dropped this bag near my bed and woke me ups announcing it was time to go to the recycling depot here in Burnaby.
We keep all things that can be recycled and every so often when we have lots we takes a trip to drop it off.
Today we tooks our accumulated collection of plastic bags and our drinking containers.
Ok Mum load up the car..... I am ready to goes!
The first stop is the "return-it" place for our drinking containers.
We pulled up and unloaded our stuff from the trunk and went insides.
Here I am out f ront with our blue bag filled with containers.
Inside we have to use red plastic cartons to separate the different types of drinking containers. The lady that works there is really nice and I got a few pets in!
I was in charge of sorting the juice cartons.
Anything under 1 litre in size you gets a 5 cents back and if it is over 1 litre you
gets 20 cents back.
(This amount is what yous is charged for when you initially buy the beverage. When you return the container yous gets that money backs.)
Let me check the bag.... yup, that is it we returned them alls. We gots $3.90 back for returning them all.
(Mmmmmm treat money! BOL)
Then it was down the street to the Burnaby Recycling Station to drop of the plastic bags.
(we don't get any money for returning plastic bags, we just gets "peace of mind" knowing we didn't put them in the landfill)
We aproach the site.
Oh there it is!
(Nothing fancy just a big dusty lot with tons of containers.)
Into the big container goes our bags. Look at all the bags people have dropped offs. Mum has to lift me up so I can reach as I am too shorts.
I check outs around the big dumpster to see how to turn it ons.
Mum says the workers do that when the container is full. They press the button and it compacts all the bags. Kinda likes a garbage truck.
Today we only dropped of plastic bags but you can drop off lots of other stuffs like: fridges, paint cans, paper, metal, used cooking oils, car batteries. The list is endless.
Well I think my work is done heres.
Let's go home for some lunch nows, Mum..... all this recyling has worked up my appetite!
Remember, being a "Green Stubby" makes the world a greener, healthier place.
Winston
XO
Hi Green Stubby,
ReplyDeleteWe enoyed your green report today. Thanks for doing your part. My humans do that, too!
Drools and licks,
Minnie and Mack
Winston my luvs...thank you for the e-card...me and Mom loved it! We are happy to see you recycle all your plastic. We have recycled stuffs here but not for plastic bags. Mom said we need to travel some place for that...like you do!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Tuni
Way to go green! We recycle our plastic bottles too!
ReplyDeleteHi Winston! How exciting that you posted your Green Stubby Report on the same day I did my first post in over 5 weeks! Thanks so much for keeping everypug green!
ReplyDeleteYou are so lucky that you get to go to the recycling place. I have never been to one but it looks so cool. Maybe I need to make a trip up to Burnaby!
I think it's so great that you recycle all the drink containers. We don't pay a deposit on them here so many people don't recycle and/or even know they can be recycled. And how cool that you got back treat money! You are one lucky pug!
Okay, so that plastic bag recycling machine looks scary to me but you didn't seem scared. Maybe that's because you're used to it. I like the "peace of mind" reference because that's exactly what it is. You can sleep better at night knowing that you didn't contribute to filling up your landfill. Did you know that less than 5% of all plastic bags get recycled? Do you think that's because people don't get money for doing it?
I love how you can take almost everything to your regional recycling center. I noticed the big sign on the container that said "No styrofoam and no flower pots". You'll be happy to know that some companies are starting to recycle styrofoam and that some organizations sponsor flower pot collections in the spring. I'm not sure which companies recycle flower pots but I'm sure glad they do!
Thanks for keeping it green, Winston!
Stubby xoxo
Winston
ReplyDeleteI just love this Green Stubby report on recycling bottles and plastics. I try to help out too. I have never been to where they smash plastic bags. I always wondered what they did with them. You are such a good little helper to your mama.
Stubby would be so proud of you
love
tweedles
One more thing Winston
ReplyDeleteMy moms and me cannot get enough of your cuteness. All those photos of you are just adorable.,, and we thank you for this post
love
tweedles
Hi Winston!
ReplyDeleteThat was so great of you to help out your
mom. You look very sexy in your photos by
the way. Keep up the good work. We love
reading your Green Stubby Report!
-Dana & Daisy
We love your Green Stubby reports! We recycle too...although Momma says they're rather behind the times in recycling here. We take our plastic, glass and aluminum to a big container in town but it's sad because lots of people dump garbage around it. We take our plastic bags back to the store they came from for recycling too.
ReplyDeleteAnd the felt we make our cat toys out of is made from recycled plastic bottles! We only wish there was a place here to recycle steel cans........
Love your Green Stubby Report! What an awesome thing to do and be doing!
ReplyDeleteOh thank you Winston!!!! You are such a good helper! You've inspired mom and I to load up all of the old magazines we have and take them to the Abitibi drop box this afternoon! We'll get pics and blog about it too! I'm sure Stubby is proud of you too, dude!!!!
ReplyDeleteDear Winston the smiley pug, this here is Anniebelly. I love that you recycle and are teaching other pugs how important this is! Uncky Stubby told me all about yew when he vistied me a few months ago. My mommy is constantly dragging daddy's plastic water bottles out of the trash. Anytime I see daddy throw them away I asks real loudly: MOMMY, WHY DOES DADDY HATE THE EARTH? Someday me and mommy are gonna git him trained.
ReplyDeletelove and kissies,
AnnieBee
I recycle all the time!!!!! It is so important that we treat the earth with kindness.
ReplyDeletePLUS, I get treats for helping.
Love Noodles
What a great post, Winston! You are always out and about with your Mum doing good things.
ReplyDeleteYou're the sweetest!!!!
hi winston!
ReplyDeleteoh what a fabulous green stubby report!
you are an excellent recycler!
xoxoxo
m & e
Winstons,
ReplyDeleteIts okay if your mama buys the DM stuff...it just shows how much she loves you because she likes to have little reminders of you. If things get so bad, you just send us a list of the treats you need and we'll get them to you buddy. By we, I mean me, George Pooh, the other big boy blogger.
Brotherly Hugs,
George Pooh
Winston,
ReplyDeleteI am very proud of you for being so good to the environment and because of your efforts and because you became one our newest followers on our favorite day of the week I am putting you in the spotlight for the THANKFUL FUR 3 THURSDAY BLOG HOP tomorrow!
Congratulations on your Teacher's Pets feature! I found you through the Thankful Fur 3 Thursday hop - you're awesome!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great job! You totally deserve some food & a nap!
ReplyDeleteNubbin wiggles,
Oskar
Awesome! We LOVE the earth too! We recycle and do as many GREEN things as we can!! HOORAY for green. We are also stopping by because we are a new follower from Thankful FUR 3 Thursday Blog Hop! This is fun. Please stop by and say hello.
ReplyDeleteJoan & Jane Austen-Eyre
Well Done Winston - so glad to see you are keeping our world Green!!
ReplyDeleteLoves from Pugs,
Rosie Marie