Eight Days to Amish

No Paychecks . . . No Prospects . . . Always How one writer struggles to elevate from the hammock, overcome his God-given laziness and earn a living in a cruel world that insists he work. (The title of this blog is in no way aspirational or should be considered an endorsement of the Amish lifestyle)

Showing posts with label recycling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recycling. Show all posts
Monday, April 15, 2019

A reckoning for the inventor of styrofoam

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(720 words) Carl Georg Munters, the father of styrofoam, died on this day in 1989. News reports made no mention if his coffin was pa...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Frustrated recycler seeking trashy solutions

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(691 words) I’m convinced the only way we’re going to solve our confounding plastic waste crisis is to make all the containers we us...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

My one-man neighborhood trash crusade

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(664 words) Carrying a plastic grocery bag with me on my daily walks is starting to become a habit. It’s happening frequently eno...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

Vacation recycling near impossible

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Watching my waste-averse wife try to find a stranger willing to take two leftover cuts of pizza reminded me of Oskar Schindler's heroics...
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