I try to do my part for the environment, even though some people would say I could care less about what kind of trash I throw out (or keep, as the case usually is!). When I lived in a Big City, recycling was an easy task. They gave you a big blue box, you put your cans, glass, plastic and newspaper in; you put it out every week with your other garbage cans, and viola! it is all gone!

Not so in a Little Town. In a Little Town, you are fortunate to have the “recyle trailer” visit your Town Hall parking lot once a month…on the Thursday before the 3rd Saturday of each month (I am NOT kidding! - that is how it is listed).

So, you keep your milk bottles, plastics, tin cans, aluminum cans, and glass in separate containers in the garage for the month, then….if you can remember that this is THE Thursday… you load them in your car and head town to the parking lot. Between 10 am - 2 pm. It’s gone after that.

When you arrive, you may deposit your recycles in the appropriate bins, take your containers home and start the process again for another month…and if you don’t remember it is THIS Thursday, or you happen to be out of town then….well it is another month for you and your recycles in your garage.

There is no newspaper or regular paper recycling here. For that you can drive to Delta and deposit your newspapers in a bin at their town parking lot, or all the way to Grand Junction (about 80 miles) to deposit your regular paper recycling.

So the next time you think I’m a dirty rotten scoundrel for not being a better environmentalist - just remember they don’t always make it easy for some of us rural folks. (and just for the record - we also need the 4-wheel drive for DRIVING in the snow, not just because we want to suck up all the fossil fuel left in the world!)