I am a re-cyclist...

yesterday I cycled and today I cycle again.

It is strange because just when I was about to post something on re-cycling, I got a call from Mylene who asked for my email address because she wants to send something for me to post. I met them once, at a guess, 2 years ago, at the monthly Little Penang Street Market and I gave them a sticker with my name and phone number.

The couple are into showing people how to achieve almost zero garbage by separating their daily rubbish. I particularly like their advice on how to use 10 pots to make compost from our organic waste from fruits and vegetables. For those who are keen, please visit their website.

Their message to me:

Hi KS

Nice to get in touch with you once again. We read your blog almost every night and we find it quite fun and informative.

We are still doing what we have been doing over the last 13 years .... recycling household waste and sharing this simple, practical and doable method of keeping valuable resources from the landfill.

You can visit our website for more info on recycling. www.greencrusaders.com

Looking foward to meeting up with you at the Little Penang Street Maret soon and a chit- chat over a cup of coffee.

Warm Regards Don & Mylene.

What I was about to post:

One day, a student said she wanted to throw away a piece of paper which she had done her homework on. Her classmate said she wanted it. Thinking that she wanted it because of what was written on the paper, her mother walked about half a kilometre to where her car was parked to get it. It was then the classmate said, 'my grandmother collects old papers to sell'. The student's mother was upset because she said she would rather give her 10 sen than walked such a long way for that paper meant for re-cycling!

The other day, my wife instructed me to take away all the old newspapers in the PJ house for our cleaner in BG! Stacked up, I think it was almost three feet high. But for all that it was worth, it seemed silly because the weight would increase fuel consumption, especially long distance of at least 200km and I ended up having to send it to her house and even had to take the whole lot down again! Again, I would rather give her the few ringgit instead. But what boss said, I had to listen because she is always right.

The thing about re-cycling is that it will make the place look untidy because of having to store it first until collection. So if one prefers tidiness, re-cycling is not an option unless it is straight to the bins meant for it.

We are far behind in this aspect, unlike some European countries where they have separate containers for glass, plastic and paper. What I like best is that you can actually throw in broken bottles. I always have this problem in Malaysia whenever I have broken pieces of glass as I worry over the fact that someone might get cut, if not the rubbish collector, then probably scavengers at the landfill.
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