[speaker001:] okay
[speaker002:] um where are you from Connie
[speaker001:] I'm from Dennison
[speaker002:] from Dennison well we live in Plano
[speaker001:] Plano great what are they doing anything down there for recycling
[speaker002:] yes as a matter of fact they really are in uh February I think it was the city started the first phase of a three part first two phases of a three part phase in for uh uh city wide you know collection type thing
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and the way they're doing this is they said no more trash bags is that how you set out your trash
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] yeah that's the way we always had too no more trash bags and they assigned everybody well I think it's ninety five gallons big bucket
[speaker001:] well that's neat
[speaker002:] and uh and you can put everything you know they all look the same they're great big green things they run on rollers they're not hard at all even my you know eight and ten year old can do it take them out to the street we used to have twice a week collection and now they have once a week collection for that
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and you don't have to use the garbage bags anymore you just uh
[speaker001:] do you separate your trash
[speaker002:] not yet but
[speaker001:] well I think they should do that
[speaker002:] that's the third part the second part is we now have a uh paper type biodegradable real big bag for all the lawn clippings and anything and they've always been encouraging us to not bag our
[speaker001:] uh-huh I thought about that last last this last couple weeks ago when we bagged up our leaves it was sixteen or eighteen bags of leaves
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh oh gosh
[speaker001:] and yeah and it takes forever for that plastic to dissolve
[speaker002:] well we have a garden and so we have always you know we'll rake the leaves and then we mow them so they're little chibbles you know
[speaker001:] uh-huh and you use it as mulch
[speaker002:] uh-huh and use them as mulch in the garden or around the yard so you know we've done that for along time and we try not to bag our grass clippings unless its just so long we have to but then we put it back on the garden so I've never worried about that but um they are doing that now where you cannot put out grass stuff you see when you put out your regular trash
[speaker001:] ah they won't let you good
[speaker002:] huh-uh now the third part is and it was supposed to have started in May but something and I don't remember the exact reason from Persian Gulf um trickle down fouled that up and so now we're not going to do that until end of June but then they will give us another container that where we will put everything recyclable glass plastic
[speaker001:] right paper
[speaker002:] uh paper can go now we bundle that on top of our and set it out beside our green
[speaker001:] okay
[speaker002:] thing full a newspaper but but the other kinds of paper will go and like I say did I say glass glass plastic other papers tin aluminum and there's something else
[speaker001:] oh I can't think of anything milk cartons and soda bottles
[speaker002:] yeah like that too that all comes under plastic and glass I can't think what the other thing is anyway we won't even have to sort it at least that's what they say but the guy will come by and sort it there at the curb
[speaker001:] well that's good that's neat oh that's going to be a lot of hard work though
[speaker002:] well
[speaker001:] for them
[speaker002:] yes but it will be more profitable in the long run from what I understand because
[speaker001:] well I know everybody's throwing away millions of dollars worth of plastic and stuff everyday just to be buried
[speaker002:] they have already they sell all this stuff and see we have recycling centers here in the town that are setup by the city and that are you know emptied but you know like it will say on there uh green glass only or aluminum only
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and then somebody comes along and mixes it up doesn't do it right its better for them to hire somebody and pay somebody to do it right because if you even put in just say you had this huge container of white glass and three or four brown or green glass bottles got in there and got shattered there's no way you can pick all that out
[speaker001:] yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] you see what I'm saying so it you know its useless
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] that well it's not useless it just can't be sold as clear glass anymore back to the recycle places they say well uh you know look you already you've got and they have percentages you know
[speaker001:] they're not doing much down here though yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] that what they will accept
[speaker001:] the only they think I've heard of them doing down here in Dennison is Wal-Mart let's you put there you know uh milk cartons and
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] two liter bottles those clear plastic bottles that's about it
[speaker002:] uh-huh well all of our um grocery stores are going to um they have each of one I shop at I go to a Skaggs and Albertson's and a Kroger and they will let you bring in
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] your own little paper bags or plastic bags they'll let you recycle them or you can bring them in and actually use them again
[speaker001:] little carry-on bags  okay well they're doing that but every time I get paper bags at a grocery store I bring home bugs
[speaker002:] do you um I
[speaker001:] yeah and I can't do it
[speaker002:] don't know that I've ever had that problem I just try to reuse mine a lot at home too and
[speaker001:] okay
[speaker002:] but used to you know if I had a torn sack when I got home I just trashed it you know and anymore I don't do that I'll put it in with the paper recycling you know the newspaper or something
[speaker001:] uh-huh yeah well they ought to do that around down here
[speaker002:] um that always seems to help the uh um a lot of times if I know I'm just even if I know I've got a big family so you know I rarely come home with you know just a sack or two
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] but I have two canvas sacks that are big that are especially for taking to the grocery store that kind of thing and I'll always take those and use them and um
[speaker001:] uh-huh right I've seen those real environmentally conscious aren't you
[speaker002:] yeah yeah I always have been I always have been and uh I kind of got out of the habit of it you know for a few years when my children were
[speaker001:] small
[speaker002:] well when they
[speaker001:] did you use diapers
[speaker002:] what
[speaker001:] disposable diapers
[speaker002:] I didn't with my first three but I did with my last two
[speaker001:] goodness you've got five kids
[speaker002:] and yeah I have five and uh well the actually now I think about it I think it was number three that I used them a lot with and then number four came along and I used them some with him most of the time I think I used them with number four
[speaker001:] well I've got a three month old I used disposables on her for about a month and a half just to keep her from breaking out so bad
[speaker002:] uh-huh and then she had reaction to the
[speaker001:] oh she had reactions to cloth diapers it was from staying wet more often
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah yeah oh they've just improved the
[speaker001:] and yeah well she's doing better they have are they biodegradable or more biodegradable I heard they're the worst things
[speaker002:] disposables so much oh yeah they really fill up
[speaker001:] because they stay forever
[speaker002:] but they work so good I mean that's one thing that we moms just think oh gosh
[speaker001:] yeah they do I don't mind using cloth diapers I really don't it's not all that much more work
[speaker002:] I uh pardon
[speaker001:] it's not all that much more work for disposable I mean for cloth
[speaker002:] well I always had you know several in diapers at the same time so that may have been you know why they looked so nice to me but
[speaker001:] yeah well cloth I mean disposables do look better they look they're not quite as bulky
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] she looks like a little mushroom but I used disposables with my first little boy
[speaker002:] well you know that well I think its just you know that you I think have to have in your mind an attitude of trading off you just say to yourself well this is not worth it to me to do such and so
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] but I want to make up for it because I want to be real conscientious in this and that you know what I'm saying you
[speaker001:] right well I'm
[speaker002:] you know all of us can to something and you know what works for one family may not work for another family and
[speaker001:] well I know to with disposable diapers though if you use cloth diapers your polluting with more soap and using more water and all that
[speaker002:] yeah that's true and you're using more electricity you're using it uh
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] more where as when you buy the others they used it more at the factory so you know you wonder you know you're not using it but somebody used it to create that item you know
[speaker001:] yeah you're right yeah you're right I didn't even think about that
[speaker002:] so but you know you know then you you figured on down the line it did give people jobs I use cloth diapers for a lot of stuff just besides you know if my kids have got a cold you know I put them in bed with cloth diapers you know
[speaker001:] with a cloth diaper
[speaker002:] to use instead of a hanky or or tissue you you know they can could just flat go through three dollars worth of tissue you in a morning you know
[speaker001:] oh yeah she's just right and uh-huh and they are the best dusters
[speaker002:] I know it and they make wonderful dusters
[speaker001:] oh well
[speaker002:] no question about it well I just you know I'm really glad to see us a world coming back to this and
[speaker001:] yeah it's really coming to a head it's been building up for a few years I remember this going on when I was a teenager
[speaker002:] sure sure
[speaker001:] for about the last ten years
[speaker002:] how long have you been married
[speaker001:] five years
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker001:] and I've got two children
[speaker002:] uh-huh so you know when you say you're a teenager you know I uh I've been married seventeen years and have always been you know like I say always been conscious this way but
[speaker001:] um I haven't not until this year it's really starting to
[speaker002:] so it's all brand new to you then to think of these things
[speaker001:] right yeah well they've really started you know I wish they would do that um with uh the buckets here instead of the trash bags here the city sends us trash bags
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah that's what we had the program before too well there's a lot of information if you ever get to Dallas
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] you come in very often
[speaker001:] no I don't
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