Answers to your Burning Questions

I know that everyone thinks about what it would be like without the modern convenience of garbage service. Well, maybe everyone doesn't think about this all the time; but for those of us who have this modern convenience that most of the world goes without, the thought of not having our trash (or even recycling) picked up on a bi-weekly basis might make us think about what and how we consume. My friend just moved to 20 beautiful acres in a rural part of the country and does not have garbage service. This is what she had to say. It definitely gives me some food for thought...

"It is interesting how you begin to consider things when you have no trash service. Here is what we do: Separate - paper products (burn pile), food disposal (we also have no garbage disposal, but Mooshoo, our potbelly pig, eats anything and everything), plastics (save for recycle; the corner store recycles every other Monday), what's left (and there is stuff left, sadly) my husband takes to a local business in city limits and sneaks it in with their trash). Needless to say, we rethink what we buy in the way of packaging, food, and everything else. Just interesting life experience."