Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago announced that he wanted to make Chicago the Greenest city ever. It would appear that lately, steps have been taken to actually make this a possibility. For instance, recently our street (and many other streets in our neighborhood of Bucktown have been getting these beautiful blue recycling bins.
Yes, that’s right. Say goodbye to those blue bags at Whole Foods that you always felt a little nervous asking about, because they weren’t brown paper (and thus not as easily recyclable).
Now, it’s so easy to recycle. FINALLY, maybe I can get my roommate and friend of 8 years, who is obsessed with all things ocean related (reef diving, surfing, etc) to start sorting out his aluminum cans, plastic bottles, and newspapers that he rarely reads and throw them into the recycling bins.
I even sent him this picture of a turtle to guilt him, from this link that was dugg yesterday:
I’ll let you know if it worked.
what we need is some kind of organism that can break down the plastic into a more biodegradable form.
Hey, that’s a great idea, Kar. Sounds like you are a designer at heart. Are you familiar with the biomimicry guild and some of the great work they do? http://www.biomimicry.net/designmethodologyA.htm