Items collected Monday, January 12, 2009

Recyclables:

• 2 aluminum cans (1 Bud Light, 1 Heineken)
• 1 glass bottle (Yuengling lager)
• 3 plastic bottles (1 Mountain Dew Voltage, 1 Aquafina water, 1 bottle with the label removed)

Reusables:

• 2 plastic carrier bags

Tally of items collected in December 2008

RECYCLABLES

• 33.5 aluminum cans (31.5 alcoholic, 2 Diet Coke)
• 16 glass bottles (12 alcoholic, 1 without a label but believed to be a beer bottle, 3 non-alcoholic)
• 62 plastic bottles (32 plain water, 2 former water bottles repurposed for holding other beverages, 16 other non-alcoholic beverages, 4 alcoholic, 8 unknown)
• 3 torn plastic bags
• 1 brown paper bag
• 2 newspaper sections

REUSABLES

• 12 plastic carrier bags
• 12 small plastic bags of a size suitable for dog waste (number includes a plastic sleeve I knotted at one end to turn it into a bag)
• 1 coat hanger
• 3 black pens
• 1 blue pen

TRASH

• 1 set of 6-pack rings from around Coors Light cans
• 1 plastic carrier bag so filthy I threw it in the nearest trash can
• 1 plastic bottle lacking a recycling symbol and resin type
• 2 torn plastic bags without resin numbers
• 1 dead pen

Items found Friday, January 9, 2009

Recyclables:

• 2 aluminum cans (1 Sparks Plus malt beverage, 1 roadkilled Bud Light)
• 1 glass bottle (Smirnoff Ice malt beverage)
• 1 plastic bottle (Sierra Mist lemon-lime soda)

Reusable:

• 1 black pen

Trash:

• plastic 6-pack rings

Items found Thursday, January 8, 2009

Recyclables:

• 2 glass bottles (both Corona extra)
• 2 plastic bottles (both Pepsi)
• 1 aluminum can (Pepsi)

Reusable:

• 1 plastic carrier bag

I don't usually pick up aluminum cans that contained sugary beverages, because they're often occupied by ants. However, I felt safe picking up Thursday's Pepsi can because it was so cold that I doubted any ants would be active.

Recyclables found Wednesday, January 7, 2009

• 3 glass bottles (1 Jack Daniel's whiskey, 2 Very Special E&J Brandy)
• 3 aluminum cans (1 Red Bull malt liquor, 1 roadkilled Heineken, 1 roadkilled Bud Ice)

Recyclable found Tuesday, January 6, 2009

• 1 aluminum can (roadkilled Coors Light)

Items found Monday, January 5, 2009

Recyclables:

• 2 glass bottles (1 Miller Lite, 1 Miller Genuine Draft lager)
• 4 aluminum cans (1 Heineken, 1 Natural Light, 2 Diet Cokes including 1 roadkilled)
• 2 plastic bottles (1 Dasani water, 1 Nikolai vodka)

Reusable:

• 1 plastic carrier bag
• 1 tube of vulcanizing fluid (stuff used to attach patches to bicycle tubes)
  

Trash:

• 1 small plastic bag with a hole in it