$3.38

Recycling in Twin Falls is pretty different from what we were used to in Meridian. Part of that is because we live in the country. They have unsorted recycle pickup in city limits, but we are stuck sorting and taking ours in. A few months ago I bought some bins and put them in the kitchen (sorry, Joy!) so we could sort the recyclables. The place here wants everything sorted, even down to separating newspapers from magazines from white and dark paper. Food cans also have to be separated from soda cans. Sheesh. So instead of having 10 large bins, we chose to have 3 and do soda cans, white/light colored office paper, and plastic bottles. These are the things we use the most.

I took the cans and bottles in today, not having any idea what to expect. Well, they don't pay anything for the bottles but they pay $.40 for each pound of cans. I didn't think our little bin held that much, but we ended up earning $3.38! What a nice surprise! I know it doesn't sound like much, but I remember a time when we had $20 to buy groceries for four people every two weeks, and every dollar counted. I hope I don't ever forget the value of a single dollar again.

Plus, now I can brag to my husband who thought I would end up with a nickel!