Where you live, are you able to recylce?  

Here in my home town, it is not possible to recycle, because of space constraint, whereas at the farm we recycle, rain water, and all the waste, including human abd animal excreta. People lack knowledge of recycling, persons like you are necessary to impart recycling knowledge. May, mother of nature bless you abundantly for your service.

Yes, I recycle.It is good to recycle because it prevents having so much trash and dirt thus preventing so much pollution. I live in the PI, but even if I try to recycle and the government already had an activity about recycling to help people recycle, many are still hard headed and not recycle, it's so sad. But I still I try to recycle as much I can. I keep bottles, plastics, metals etc. and sell them to recycling plants.

I strongly support recycling and it is a second nature. Becomes a habit.
I have just learned that London Drugs in Canada will take back all product packaging for recycling. This a a great idea on their part. I used to live in the capital city and we recycled everything. Then I moved and I am so appalled that the city I now live in recycle nothing but paper and cardboard. The returnables don't count.
Actually when I lived in the Capital I worked in a commercial Recycling plant on the conveyor belt sorting.
What an amazing processes all that recyclable material goes through. Quite amazing actually. What is crazy is what people throw into their recycle bins. Like "that's not recyclable". Geesh!
I have many ideas of how big companies can contribute to more environmentally packaging. There are many areas regarding recycling that are great topics of discussion.
Education is key here. I still find people who say that they don't recycle and conclude "why bother". I get very riled up, somewhat excited and try not to blurt it all out so to sound as disgusted as I really am as I feel it is my place to at least try and educate. Unfortunately some people just don't care. As painful as it is for someone who is as passionate about recycling as I am.
I actually taught my Dad to recycle and now he saves everything. When I visit we make a big trip to the recycling. They have huge big bins for glass, plastic, paper. They take electrical appliances, metal, car tires, batteries, florescent fixtures and more. Pretty much what most recycling depots take.
We take our household garbage to another place where it is trucked out to the landfill so we try to keep that waste down as much as possible.
I am out of town at the moment and here we do recycle everything. I am on a small island and recycling is heavily promoted. I work in a green industry which makes me proud.
This morning walking through the forest park with my dog, we collected returnables that people just threw into the bushes all over and picked up garbage as well. Just because it is there and is an eye sore not to mention not a benefit to the environment.
We threw the garbage in the trash can and left the big garbage bag of returnables at the return it bin. I wasn't about to put in each can, bottle and plastic container one by one. The parks will pick up the bag when they go through and empty the return it bin.
I would like to arrange and hold a clean the park day as we do here on the beaches often.
I am also into conserving energy and water the best I can.
I plant native and drought resistant plants.
I compost as well so will wait for that discussion ;)

I try my best to re-cycle and bring empty bottles and things downstairs to the mini-store, but even when I am lazy or forget, there are people here who routinely go through the trashcans prior to the garbage trucks and sort out recycle items. Whatever they miss the garbage guys do.

Where I live it's possible to recycle and there are containers for all types of material. I sort the garbage as much as I can, but I probably threw a bottle or something in the trash every once in a while. I believe it's good though, that we have this opportunity and recycling sort of becomes a habit. It's about time stuff is being recycled to use our resources wisely instead of just waiting material when it can be used again.

Yes, as in most of Norway there's recycling stations for delivering glass, metal and paper. Everyone also has 3 trash bins, one for paper, one for plastic and one for everything else. Twice a year they empty the red box where you can put light bulbs, small electric articles, spill oil, leftover paints and things like that. There's also a Fretex box by the recycling station, where you can put shoes, clothes and other things that can still be used and the Salvation army either sells it or sends it out into the world to someone who needs them. There's also a rule, I think it's a EU regulation, that if a shops sells something they have to take it back to recycle if you bring it in. I think recycling is good, I agree it won't save the world on its own but it can help a bit. And it can help save money as for someone if they can buy used items.

The city I live in does not recycle. I do as much as I can in reusing plastic containers. I make jewelry and I use the cups applesauce and pudding come in, as well as the little plastic dishes my kitty's food comes in my beading. When I used coffee creamer, I bought Walmart brand large containers and I use those for canisters. I write what's in them with a sharpie pen. I reuse plastic bags of all kinds until they're completely shot. Some grades of plastic I can melt and use in my jewelry. All aluminum I save and take to the scrap yard to recycle. I save all bubble wrap to reuse in shipping jewelry. I save bubble wrap envelopes mailed to me for putting between dishes and other breakables for storing or shipping. I'm saving some kinds of paper to use to make homemade paper to sell, as well. I save plastic dishes that prepared meals or foods come in, those come in handy for lots of things. I reuse glass jars for storing food in the fridge instead of plastic to avoid bpa leaching into my food. I also try to buy as much food as I can that comes in canning jars and reuse those for canning.

Basically I try to wring every last *breath of life* out of everything before I pitch it!

Where I live, the city used to have a recycling program. They'd have us put our recyclables into plastic bags and put them into the bottom of our trash can. Then when they came to pick up the garbage they'd place the recyclables into another truck. But I guess we don't have the money for it anymore and they cancelled the service. We can still take stuff to a recycling center at a grocery store but we often forget or get too busy. So the stuff is just piling up in the garage right now. I just don't want to just throw it away.

Yes, i live by Chicago, where a wonderful recycling program is implemented.

Hello Catkin! As much as possible i always use the 3R's in my everyday life. Reduce, reuse and recycle. I am a believer that we should take action into taking care of our environment NOW. Let's not wait for more natural calamities that will happen because of earth's destruction because of human.
Whatever bottles, cans, plastics, cartons and pieces of papers will surely save by me and will brought them to the nearby junkshop for extra money plus i will never have a guilty feeling that all our wastes will just be a wastes already and they will never be recycled. I do hope that all of us will observe and practice the 3R's. Its our obligation to take care of our world not just for us but more for the future generation, Good luck!