I’ve always lived in places where recycling was a Big Deal, so I’ve recycled as an adult and also since I was a kid - because Grandpa never wasted a thing. Coffee cans were his ‘recyclable of choice.’ There wasn’t a thing he couldn’t do with them, but they mainly organized all of his OTHER salvaged junk.
Sawed down, they made the BEST bait cans, though. ;)
I have a quilt that I use as an art piece in my home. I’ll never part with it, because it’s made from scraps of a lot of the clothing we all wore. You wore your clothes until they plain wore OUT. So many fun memories of my family when I look at it. Scraps of sun dresses, Grandpa’s old fishing shirts and his Mr. Greenjeans chino pants he always wore, Grandma’s flowery housedresses and aprons, etc. :)
I’m a huge re-user and composter. But, I do it for MY personal benefit. I kind of thought ‘recycling’ was a scam of epic proportions making a handful of people wealthy.
And we actually sewed our socks...and that was still going on the the 50’s and 60’s.
I love your quilt story.
I don’t buy water in disposable bottles. I take my own bottles and refill them. I re-use plastic bags from the grocery store as garbage bags.