Now that Jack has been on summer vacation for approximately 1 month and my parents, his main source of entertainment, have gone home from their visit with us, I decided to make today an adventure day…more specifically a Canadian Adventure Day.
So, we headed over to the Bottle Depot. What’s this you ask? (or maybe you didn’t, but I have to assume). It’s the place where all diligent Calgarians go to turn in their juice boxes, wine bottles, beer cans, beer bottles, milk cartons, etc….for recycling. What a great lesson for Jack! Learning how to recycle. Well, apparently recycling is not the only lesson down at the Bottle Depot. First step in bottle recycling: rinse bottles, cartons, etc…step 2 place in bags, step 3 place bottles in car, step 4 drive to first Bottle Depot (lucky me, there are 2 on one street, so we have a choice here!)…step 5: bypass first bottle depot as the line of homeless people asking for money is longer than the line of recyclers. Step 6: move on to next Bottle Depot and discover that this one is much better. Step 7: prepare to load all bottles and cans onto a cardboard flat Step 8: touch absolutely nothing as the bottle depot appears as though someone literally picked up the roof like the lid off the cookie jar and dumped about 10,000 liters of soda inside and closed it up–your feet and anything else that touches something inanimate will literally stick to the tile. I had to periodically pick Jack up to ensure he would be able to come home with me and not become a permanent fixture of the Bottle Depot.
Step 9: Load all recyclables on the cardboard-okay, I digress here as well: have you ever loaded up about 2 months worth of wine/beer bottles and/or cans? I may go to the Dr. and ask for a liver panel now. š Step 9a: ask Jack to stop naming the brands of alcohol while handing me the bottles to place on said cardboard. (i.e. here’s bud light lime mommy, red wine mommy, oh! and grasshopper, that’s a dark beer….Heinekin…oh mommy! here’s all the wine you drank camping…great.) in some ways, I’m proud, but only secretly…. š
Step 10: Thank the foreign lady next to me who has about 10 grocery carts filled with recyclables and literally knows the place backward and forward. (she answered all my questions)
Step 11: Take the money and run! š Step 11a: ask Jack to stop putting his mouth on the gross countertop…agh! then again…he once cleaned the faucet w/his toothbrush and then proceeded to brush his teeth….his immune system must be rock solid!
All in all, it was a great day at the Bottle Depot and after I realized how much money you do get back in deposits….who cares that your hands feel like you’ve run them through the city dump afterward??
Until next time: Remember to Recycle! š
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