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Teaching the 3 Rs

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As soon as I wrote that title I realized I would have to differentiate from what I mean and Reading, 'ritin and 'rithmatic version of the 3 Rs.  I am talking about the Reduce, Reuse and Recycle version.  No this is not going to be a change your whole to life to no plastics and no fossil fuel consumption or we are all going to die talk.  While I don't give in to the hysteria doom and gloom viewpoints of some, I do believe in a reasonable attempt to reduce our impact on the planet.  I also believe more in the follow my example approach to things than do what I say approach.  With that in mind, many of you are familiar with my previous blogs about storing things in which I reuse as many waste products as I can.  I will cover the reuse portion later in the blog.  Right now I want to talk about the fun I have been having learning to recycle plastic using some very rudimentary tools. The above is a heart shaped future necklace or bracelet charm made com...