Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for November 01, 2016
October 31, 2016
November 02, 2016
Transcript:
Arlo: Oh, no!
Arlo: We forgot to set out the recyclables! AGAIN!
Janis: Why is it so difficult for us to remember recycling day?
Arlo: Maybe if we stopped rinsing out the milk cartons...
Here in Central Ohio, we aren’t able to recycle milk cartons. No one will take them for recycling. They won’t take paperboard (cereal boxes, etc.), either.
In my town in Michigan, the only thing they don’t take is styrofoam; I have to drive it to a local landfill. The rest only gets picked up once every 4 weeks. It’s spelled out in a calendar the village sends out at the beginning of the year.
San Antonio TX has a wonderful recycling program. We have THREE barrels. One for outright garbage, one for recyclables, and one for garden and yard waste, plus pizza boxes! And twice a year the city picks up residential “bulky” trash—-things such as furniture, appliances, mattresses etc. The city does a good job, and they send out reminders to every house for schedules, holidays, bulk pickup.
In fort Worth we have a recycle with 3 cans, Trash, Recycle and Yard Waste. The Recycle is for everything except Styrofoam, metal hangers and plastic grocery bags. It is picked up once a week on trash day and the bulk stuff is picked up at the end of the month.
I guess we are well off. The city picks up our trash and recyclables every Monday and then another truck comes around and picks up yard waste such as limbs, leaves, etc. Electronics and appliances, etc., we take to the local yard.
My local Trash company sends 3 different trucks (Or more accurately, ‘fleets’ of trucks) around my neighborhood every Wednesday, one each for regular trash, recyclables and yard waste. In our case, “Recyclable” includes all glass, paper, cardboard, and most plastics. Waxed-cardboard cartons are not considered recyclable, those are trash, but the standard plastic jugs go straight into the recycle can.
In my small town in NM they recycle just about everything: any and all paper goods, plastics including shopping bags and rigid plastics like in children’s toys and almost any metal. And recycle pickup is the same day as trash pickup so we rarely forget!Glass they also recycle, well, actually they grind and polish it for landscaping, but you have to drop it off at a collection station yourself.
We can’t do milk cartons either. I rinse them out, set them on the counter to fill with carrot peels, orange rinds, etc. and then put them in the trash. At least they serve more than one purpose.
Tesla Roadster 181 Premium Member about 8 years ago
How about you put it on your smartphone’s calendar, Janis?!
jarvisloop about 8 years ago
Here in Central Ohio, we aren’t able to recycle milk cartons. No one will take them for recycling. They won’t take paperboard (cereal boxes, etc.), either.
BJB about 8 years ago
I live in central Ohio, and our milk jugs are plastic, so they take them. I put out boxes flattened all the time and they take those.
DDrazen about 8 years ago
In my town in Michigan, the only thing they don’t take is styrofoam; I have to drive it to a local landfill. The rest only gets picked up once every 4 weeks. It’s spelled out in a calendar the village sends out at the beginning of the year.
Fontessa about 8 years ago
San Antonio TX has a wonderful recycling program. We have THREE barrels. One for outright garbage, one for recyclables, and one for garden and yard waste, plus pizza boxes! And twice a year the city picks up residential “bulky” trash—-things such as furniture, appliances, mattresses etc. The city does a good job, and they send out reminders to every house for schedules, holidays, bulk pickup.
Tyge about 8 years ago
Maybe it’s the rebellious Arlo in you ragining against the PC society from Sunday and Monday’s strips?
jeanie5448 about 8 years ago
In fort Worth we have a recycle with 3 cans, Trash, Recycle and Yard Waste. The Recycle is for everything except Styrofoam, metal hangers and plastic grocery bags. It is picked up once a week on trash day and the bulk stuff is picked up at the end of the month.
fb5119ab about 8 years ago
I guess we are well off. The city picks up our trash and recyclables every Monday and then another truck comes around and picks up yard waste such as limbs, leaves, etc. Electronics and appliances, etc., we take to the local yard.
AtypicalReader about 8 years ago
My local Trash company sends 3 different trucks (Or more accurately, ‘fleets’ of trucks) around my neighborhood every Wednesday, one each for regular trash, recyclables and yard waste. In our case, “Recyclable” includes all glass, paper, cardboard, and most plastics. Waxed-cardboard cartons are not considered recyclable, those are trash, but the standard plastic jugs go straight into the recycle can.
locake about 8 years ago
Recycling pickup is the same day every single week, easy to remember.
seismic-2 Premium Member about 8 years ago
Why would it be easier to remember if they stopped washing out the milk cartons?
bryan42 about 8 years ago
In my small town in NM they recycle just about everything: any and all paper goods, plastics including shopping bags and rigid plastics like in children’s toys and almost any metal. And recycle pickup is the same day as trash pickup so we rarely forget!Glass they also recycle, well, actually they grind and polish it for landscaping, but you have to drop it off at a collection station yourself.
ComicGent about 8 years ago
Stick the calendar from the Borough Council on the side of the fridge. Remember you are red week. NB. Might not work where you live.
bjballard1 about 8 years ago
We can’t do milk cartons either. I rinse them out, set them on the counter to fill with carrot peels, orange rinds, etc. and then put them in the trash. At least they serve more than one purpose.
mauser7 about 8 years ago
the recycling bin is right next to my garbage bin. I just have to check the week to see if I have to put both out or only the garbage.
commerce1943 about 8 years ago
Here, in the heartland, we only have trash.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 8 years ago
Sadly, where I live now, no recycling of any kind. In the near future we need to be recycling everything.