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I am developing an "All or Nothing" attitude with regards to living more naturally and respecting my environment and our planet. My journey began with converting from disposable diapers to cloth diapers in order to reduce the massive amount of waste I would produce by diapering twins. One thing quickly led to another and our we decided that if we're going to save thousands of diapers from the landfills then surely we should be recycling as well.
I ordered the recyclable collection containers and we began throwing our cans in, next it was cereal boxes, beer boxes, and other paper food boxes. It felt good to drag my full container to the curb for collection. Then we moved on to baby food jars, lids, soup cans, jars, toilet paper rolls, and laundry detergent containers...
Well, as you can imagine we ran out of space and had to start using three collection containers. The problem is that now I can hardly bring myself to throw anything away. I examine the garbage as I walk past and scold my husband when I find a recyclable item carelessly discarded. What is the point if you are going to recycle one thing and not another?
I now feel obsessed or possessed! I can hardly hold my tongue when we visit other peoples houses and I see them tossing bottles, cans, boxes, etc. I am only a few events away from pulling them from the garbage and taking them home in a bag. I even consider stopping when I see large plastic items along the street on garbage day. I think to myself how easy it would be to stop and take them home to be recycled but I don't.
Has anyone else found this to be a sort of obsession or compulsion? What lengths would you go to?
