James Chen: Asian-American writer, film director, journalist, entrepreneur, athlete, political activist, environmental activist and renaissance man
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Mine's Bigger Than Yours, Al Gore!
About once a month, I crush and bag one thousand plastic bottles and one thousand aluminum cans for recycling. At 5 cents per container, that's $100 in deposit money for me, and enough electricity saved by recycling aluminum to power our house for about 2 months. In Al Gore's house, this would be about 2 days of electricity.
Yes, I love the deposit laws and wish they would raise it to ten cents per container. I acquired this habit in college, where I would collect 100+ bottles and cans whenever I wanted to eat lunch or dinner.
A law like that would help me get through college, too! School is very hard. Harder than I expected, to be honest. I've had to drop a class and take it back up in the Fall. Pretty disappointing, but it's ok. No C's, D's, or F's for me!
I am a husband and father of two boys. I would like to move to Las Vegas someday, and become a slot machine technician. I am also thinking about opening up a donut shop.
3 Comments:
Wait a minute, you get money for plastic bottles?!
Yes, I love the deposit laws and wish they would raise it to ten cents per container. I acquired this habit in college, where I would collect 100+ bottles and cans whenever I wanted to eat lunch or dinner.
How's school, Rob?
A law like that would help me get through college, too! School is very hard. Harder than I expected, to be honest. I've had to drop a class and take it back up in the Fall. Pretty disappointing, but it's ok. No C's, D's, or F's for me!
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