Camellia Buds, © Joan Z. Rough, 2008Even on a cold, blustery day like today, one can see the promise of what is to come. These camellias, when in bloom, are a pale pink and lovely
floating in a chrystal bowl in the center of the table.
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I found the notes below hidden away during my office cleanup which is really coming along well. I'm almost finished in here ... then on to the room where we store all of the things we've been hanging onto for years because we thought we'd need them some day. In speaking with others about this compulsion of mine, it is apparently what many sixty-something women like to do. So I'm not alone ...
The length of time it takes for a banana peel to decompose is 1 week to 6 months ... one piece of paper will take 3 years ... for a styrofoam cup, 10 to 12 years ... for a plastic container, 50 to 70 years .... for an aluminum can, 200 to 500 years ... a plastic six-pack holder, 450 years ... a glass container, 1 million years or longer.
One stack of newspapers, 3 feet high, is equal to the pulp from one tree ...
It's more important than ever to reuse, recycle or do without alot the things we have!!
3 comments:
I've been re-organizing lately too - it seems to be a seasonal thing for me.
I'm always appalled at how long it takes things to decompose. We have a compost bin we started just this year and have gotten pretty good at remembering to put peelings into it. And recycling is becoming more of a habit than not. Canning seems like a step in the right direction too. I ask for the empty jars to be returned when I gift someone with jam; the thought of those jars getting thrown out or even recycled horrifies me. (I bribe them with the promise of another jar next year.)
Beautiful blog!
Sandra Evertson
The 3 foot high stack of papers one is particularly shocking, and we just don't need it all!
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