Just had a discussion about this the other day. We saved bags and tinfoil, rubberbands, anything that could be cleaned and reused. Now kids throw it in a special trash can and think they’re great because they’re recycling. They don’t know what recycling is!
And no one evev mentioned the special recycling of the Sears and Roebuck catalog.
We sewed our socks. There was always a needle in the curtain over the sink.....for emergencies.
Yes, and it was a good discussion!
I came from a family that did that too. We would even straighten nails and reuse them if they weren’t too rusty.
That’s right. Use it up, wear it out, and make it do. That was how we recycled, and we still do.
You are absolutely right about the self-righteous “recyclers” these days. A lot of that green and blue bin stuff goes straight to the landfills anyway. Companies find that it’s too expensive to pay someone to sort trash that is virtually worthless.