tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366247071809239308.post770366105963730792..comments2023-11-02T09:41:59.688-04:00Comments on Viki's Place: Waste not Want notVikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14421161703991840468noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366247071809239308.post-66159246916514427892010-01-27T18:04:15.173-05:002010-01-27T18:04:15.173-05:00My friends go dumpster diving all the time. That&#...My friends go dumpster diving all the time. That's how she mostly plants her garden every spring--the plants that are thrown away. She brings them home, soaks them in a tub of water overnight. If they spring back to life, they end up in her garden.<br /><br />I find it distressing that bookstores would destroy books, rather than donate them or sell them at half price. But after working in the portrait business, that's also what happens to portraits that people didn't buy or never picked up--destroyed. <br /><br />Pharmaceuticals is another story. Throwing them in the trash leads to poisoning our water supplies. Same with flushing them. I took mine to a free clinic and they used them. One time this woman's father had changed medication and couldn't use the old one anymore. It was the same thing I used but at $100 a bottle/month. She offered me her dad's supply and I took it--it was a 3-month supply! I was grateful for it. <br /><br />I don't understand our thinking of throwing it out if it's usable or needed.Cathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804443617345021699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366247071809239308.post-67024814620410551052010-01-27T14:49:56.884-05:002010-01-27T14:49:56.884-05:00I have the same thoughts about unused pharmaceutic...I have the same thoughts about unused pharmaceuticals. I had a lot of things left over and tried to find someone to take them but no one would. It is a sad thing.<br /><br />Also, I find it odd that there isn't a repository to take old medications to, I am sensitive about flushing them into our water system - granted my few probably wouldn't hurt - but everyone's all together - another story.lagatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662549600039627685noreply@blogger.com