Recycling in the United States really started taking off in the 1960's, and by the year 2000.had grown significantly. Unfortunately, the amount of recycling, while it is still increasing, is not increasing much any more. The following information was taken from a report published by the EPA in 2019..
| |
2000 |
2005 |
2010 |
2015 |
2018 |
| Paper and Paperboard |
43% |
50% |
63% |
67% |
68% |
| Glass |
23% |
21% |
27% |
28% |
25% |
| Plastics |
6% |
6% |
8% |
8% |
9% |
It shows that while there is some growth in the recycling of paper products, glass and plastic product recycling is holding pretty steady, and at a rather low rate.
This is a plea, to do something to help with minimizing waste.
The cache container for this geocache is a great example - it has had many uses over its life:
At one time, it was made by Rubbermaid, and was likely used as a container for flour, or other items in the kitchen.
After that, the Timberline Echos team made it into a cache container for GC4M1VB Old Superior Trails.
Next, someone muggled the cache, and threw it on the side of the road about 5 miles from the cache site, but close to my sister's cabin. She picked it up and called me, wondering what to do with it. With the intact log sheet, I contacted Timberline Echos, only to find out that it had been missing for over a year, and had already been replaced.
Now, this cache container is home to a cache at this new site.
PLEASE consider doing one thing differently that will save some plastics from going into the environment. Here are some ideas:
1. Bring your own bags to the grocery store.
2. Say no to plastic straws and plastic lids.
3. Get and use a stainless steel water bottle.
Thanks for your help!
This cache can be found by following the orange trail. Suggested parking coordinates are listed, and several caches can be found using this parking and trailhead. The following picture shows VERY ROUGH locations of the five caches that were hid for the 2021 Cache Bash in this area. WP1 Cache locations are shown in red circles, the trailhead is in a blue circle and parking suggestion has a black circle
Required information for the placement of this cache was provided to Logan Bliss of the Washington County Parks Dept.