[Rick Lee]

I can't remember not sorting garbage and recycling. And where I grew up, we had to pay to go to the county recycling center a few times a year. For as long as I've been living on my own we've always had two refuse pickup days per week - one for trash and one for recycling. I break down all cardboard boxes, separate plastic, glass and cans. Of course, I recycle my motor oil. I do not bring my own bags to the grocery store, however, because we reuse those plastic bags they give out as our only garbage bags. I might buy one pack of those big black plastic garbage bags per year for large cleanups or moves. Otherwise, we just use what the grocery store gives out. And today I'm using those bags to waterproof my belongings in my bike's sidecases, as I'm on the bike in rainy Las Vegas for a few days.