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  • NUT JOB COFFEE & THE ENVIRONMENT

    NUT JOB COFFEE & THE ENVIRONMENT

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]So you may think I have lost my marbles and I might argue that I didn’t have any in the first place, but either way I had a crazy idea and it turned into a fun, if not quirky, project.

     

    The Nut Job –

     

    Take a moment to enjoy the simple & maybe even slightly silly. We all have the time for it right now.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”5479″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The short story; one morning I finished off my jar of Nutella, but there was a lot of chocolate still stuck to the sides of the jar. However, due to the shape of the jar, it is not easy to clean out all the chocolate before dropping the jar in the recycling bin.

     

    I mean, I really did not want to waste all that yummy chocolate by just washing it down the drain. As I was standing there, my coffee was sitting brewing in my french press, the light bulb went off. I poured some of that coffee in the Nutella jar, put the lid on and quickly swished it around.

     

    I had to be quick, steam would build up, but I wanted to get ALL of the chocolate. (Be careful when opening it.) Once that was done, I just took the lid off (carefully) and swished the hot coffee around the bottom, getting all the chocolate hazelnut goodness to mix around well.

     

    Poured it all into my mug, took a sip and that is when the trouble started.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” align=”align_right” border_width=”2″ el_width=”40″ css=”.vc_custom_1607430746027{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”5489″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”black” align=”align_left” border_width=”2″ el_width=”40″ css=”.vc_custom_1607431660584{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Clearly, I am not the first person to think of this and clearly, one of there reasons why we don’t recycle as much as we should at home, is because it is not easy.

     

    Well this was easy, fun and DELICIOUS. So maybe, now, we have new motivation to reduce the amount of plastic going to landfill and increase the amount of plastic to be recycled.

     

    There is a lot more we can discuss about; recycling, environment, chocolate, coffee, hunky men in bed working on their laptops – but really here just wanted to give you the fun, quirky story behind The Nut Job, which was sparked in part by my earlier curiosity about our recycling habits with our bathroom products and the over-packaging we deal with there.

     

    I will invite you to read the final recipe here (yes I tweaked it a bit) and feel free to keep your eyes open for the next 2 coffee drink recipes…which might not be appropriate for “morning” coffee.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” align=”align_right” border_width=”2″ el_width=”40″ css=”.vc_custom_1607430746027{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text]What is The Wood Morning Coffee Cabin:

     

    Picture the perfect camping or outdoor nature park. Everything your imagination can create, all the best things of all the places you have been camping, kayaking, hiking, skiing or whatever. It’s your imagination – you create it and that is Mount Moist Plinth and The Lodge.  Read more here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1600664548223{padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1607442065234{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;border-left-color: #293241 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #293241 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #293241 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #293241 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”]TURNIP STYLE always welcomes and encourages healthy discussion. We invite you to familiarize yourself with our terms that are in place to maintain a healthy and happy community discussion. Feel free to read and add your comments about [ts_post] below.

     

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  • DO YOU RECYCLE YOUR BATHROOM RECYCLABLES?

    DO YOU RECYCLE YOUR BATHROOM RECYCLABLES?

    [vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]This week I ran into some more complications with my neighbours and their habits in properly disposing of their residential refuse.

     

    Their habits to not separate their garbage and recycling and just dumping all of their refuse in the “garbage chute room” often times contaminates when recyclable materials are stored in the recycle bin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”4976″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Recyclables, that often times other residents have gone to the trouble (responsibility) of cleaning and making sure their items are ready for recycling.

    But this carelessness often just renders everything non-recyclable and then it just ends up in the trash compactor and then in a landfill.

    Lately, I have been thinking about the amount of recycling that comes out of my place with just me living here and that sometimes I am lazy and just chucking my shampoo bottle or the box my bar of soap came in, right into my trash.

    Did you know that Brits will recycle 90% of their kitchen waste but only 50% of recyclables from the bathroom.

    With bathroom waste counting for 30 to 40% of waste that reaches a landfill in the UK and only 20% of US Citizens recycling any of their recyclable bathroom waste, pardon the expression, but the shit is really piling up.

    Just about everything I pick up from the pharmacy/chemist shop comes either in a plastic container or a plastic container inside a cardboard box with a bunch of papers for instructions. (Recycling your Prescription Pill bottles in Calgary)

    I think about my prescription medications and I am disposing of; 8 pill bottles, blister seals for 240 pills, boxes for the blister sealed pills and all that lovely “literature”, that none of us read, every 30 days. Over the course the decade with my “new super powers” (eye-roll) this is the least amount of medications I have been on and I can’t imagine the size of the pile of containers I have gone through.

    On top of that; what about the box your toothpaste or bar of soap comes in. What about your shower gel or shampoo bottles? Headache tablets; when is the last time you recycled the packaging for that? [/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/wxf21H0TcKM”][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-down” color=”grey” align=”center”][vc_column_text]

    Here are some Recycling Tips that you might find helpful;

     

    1. Shampoo & Conditioner, Body Wash & Mouthwash bottles; Typically made out of #2 plastic (High Density Polyethylene). Widely accepted by recycling facilities. Watch out for #3 which is not accepted at most recycling facilities.
    2. Pill and Medicine Containers; These come in many shapes and sizes and colours and can be found to be made of #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5 plastic. #1 and #2 are the most widely accepted recyclable plastics. Try and buy products contained in them. #4 and #5 may be accepted at your facility but it is likely that #3 won’t be.
    3. Cardboard; pretty simple, just flatten and fold it up. Remember that includes the toilet paper tube as well as the boxes from your OTC medications as well as cosmetics.
    4. Plastic shrink wrap and films; The kind that is often around the lids of products, to prove that the contents have not been tampered with. These are special and you will most likely not be able to drop them in with your curbside recycling.
    5. Toothpaste and toothbrushes; these fall under the same category the plastic film above. They are a “hard to recycle” item as well.
    6. Deodorant containers are not recyclable. Do with that what you will.

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