Okay, so a lot of people probably, but I didn't know there was a wicked awesome recycle center (with respect to improvement, of course) at the landfill.
Sunday after church, Jason and I and the boys went out to his parents house to help clean up the property...They've been making a huge effort to make their property look nice, and over the last 6 years there have been major changes.
So we all got bundled up and went out to help (sorry no pics, I forgot the camera). Jason and his dad took turns running the skid steer, my MIL ran the compactor, J's brother ran back and forth helping everyone and the boys (when they weren't watering down the driveway or helping Jason on the John Deere) helped me move wood pallets.
My main motivation, aside from helping clean up, was to get all the pallets pulled apart and cut down. Then I, with the boys' help, loaded them all in the back of my car (we filled the entire back half) and now I have a ginormous "load of lumber" in my garage. --Which is making it smell like a fabulous lumber yard, by the way. All that wood is going to be made into Christmas presents and such, more on that later.
Jason and I took Seb with us to make one of the trips to the dump. I was feeling a little guilty about "dumping" wood when it's obviously something that can be recycled, so imagine how excited I was to learn that there's a big ol' recycling section where they took all my in-laws' yard waste & wood pallets and recycled them! What a great example for Seb to see the process for himself! So we grabbed a pamphlet and I gave a quick, kid-friendly explanation of recycling yard waste into compost and all the great stuff we can do with it!
I had a great sense of accomplishment for my in-laws & their property and also for being able to show Seb just how important being Eco-friendly is to everyone and how awesome it is to be a part of it!
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