a drop of water

I remember a lot of teaching about the “3 R’s” in elementary school.  We needed to reduce, reuse and recycle so that we wouldn’t run out of fossil fuels that our earth has limited amounts of.  Now, we have recycling bins accompanying our trash cans on the curbside or at our apartment complexes.  It is almost too convenient, and I still see lots of trash in the trash can that could be put in the recycling bin :(  I guess people still do not have any motivation to recycle.  What if they were offered money to recycle? (I realize that this brings up a number of issues, but my point is that there are already ways to get paid to recycle, with a little effort).

I was looking for drop off locations for glass bottles and aluminum cans that will pay you for recycling.  I was able to find this 2008/2009 San Diego Recycling Guide on this San Diego City website.  It is pretty helpful in learning about where the drop off locations are and what they will pay you to recycle.  Some drop off locations apparently will buy back not only glass, and aluminum but scrap cardboard, newspaper, plastic and a few other items.  Some have even made a full time job out of recycling.