I try to reduce first (always the best!) but recycling is very important. So I try to make sure whatever I get is recyclable too. I stopped purchasing some food products in the US because of all the nonrecyclable plastics (the type I hate most is #6, PS).

The problem is, I have found it much harder to recycle in Warsaw. Many of the train stations have small bins, which I could easily put the small amount of waste I produce in, but I found out that (at least the local one) may be just dumped into the regular trash bins (it at least happened once). Maybe it is because people throw trash and cigarette butts in them. Its hardly different than the trash bins. I have no idea where large bins are. Karolina, who I live with, used to recycle (she has a large collection of paper saved up to take in). She told me that there were bins at her school, but they were removed and she doesn’t know where to take the paper. I find this so odd, I used to live in a very, err, redneck area, yet recycling was easy. There were recycling bins at most of the public schools and at the local Walmart (which I avoided like the plague). Recycling in the largest city in Poland is harder? How is this possible?

I just remembered that I have a bag of CFLs, electronics, water filters, and batteries in a closet in the US. I had to take those things to Columbus to recycle and I meant to take them when I was in the area. I guess it’ll stay there awhile.