Another Recycling Brick Wall

One of my earliest rants was that local trash companies started charging for recycling. I guess if they can get it, go for it, but it was the first major hurdle for potential recyclers.

More recently, the local grocery stores stopped accepting aluminum cans. The challenges don't stop there. I have a big pile of slightly used paint from an art project that I don't need any longer. I thought someone could use some free, interior-grade latex paint. I tried to list it all on freecycle.com, but there were at least a dozen steps just in getting approved to post something on their site, what has been taken over by something called Yahoo Groups. I have yet to even know when or if I can list my stuff.

If I can't find someone who can use it, I will need to find a hazardous waste disposer. I guess if I open the cans and let them dry out, they aren't hazardous any longer. Maybe better is to paint all my trash various colors. I hope the neighbors appreciate the effort going into my yellow and red bags and boxes of trash.