The more we ask people about their views on being eco-friendly the more inspired we get.
Some eco-green stars need to go to:
Julie and Luis who have started their own organic garden in the heart of Hollywood.
Lovely Christina who campaigned to get recycling started on her TV show Kevin Hill and won. She's now considering starting an industry-wide campaign to get recycling bins on all sets. Brooklyn's Michele and Charlie who have installed state of the art recycling compartments in their new kitchen, use eco-products in the house and have bought their first composter for their city garden. Hugo in London who is petitioning to get more serious recycling efforts going for his apartment building.
Virginia in Portland, Oregon who has recently attended a master recycler program (how cool is that?) and has promised to send on the details.
Paul and Heather who now recycle in their east London flat and order the local veggie basket for their organic greens.
I have some catching up to do...
I have made an official request to visit any of London's recycling centres for an in-depth look at how they really work. Questions like a) who sorts out the 'mixed bags' full of various types of recyclables and b) how are they actually recycled? Most people I speak to are cynical that anything happens to the mixed recycling bags and I myself don't understand how our typical mixed recycling bag, which will usually contain up to 6 types of plastic, aluminum, glass and various types of paper (including little bitty pieces) can be efficiently sorted unless there is a huge team rifling through it all on conveyor belts. I want to know - is it all a London borough con? Where is the evidence of how it is all actually recycled? I can never find any reports on it, apart from % of waste that is sent to recycling sites, not how much is actually recycled or how it is recycled. One of our friends accidentally put his recycling bag out a day early on his street in Notting Hill (
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