Hi, I'm the deep blue bin, and I'm tired

Good morning, everyone.
I'm a trash bin. I'd rather not tell you my name, but let me introduce myself. I'm messy. I'm a mix of every kind of waste there is. And I'm fed up, because you all keep mixing your waste and nobody cares about me. So yes, I'm sad. I'm here to rant about the system. The whole waste management system: how badly it works, and what we could do about it.

Okay, the bin can step aside for a minute. This is Neil, and I have a confession. I'm part of the problem too. Even when I knew better, I didn't segregate my own waste. That's where this project comes in. It's a way to make myself do it, and to help anyone else who's stuck on the same problems I was.

One of my favourite songs Astrothunder by Travis Scott has a line that goes like "practise, oh no, never preach". Right now I'm preaching before I've fully practised. So here's my promise: I'll practise while I preach.

I hope the guide helps you. This is the first of many posts, and I'm still working out how to write a blog, so bear with me.

Tell me what problems you run into. I'd love to hear your stories in the comments, so we can keep talking and learn from each other. How do you segregate your waste? And if you do sort it properly, only to hand it over to a system that mixes it all again, how does that feel? Is all that effort wasted? Anything about waste is fair game here. Let's talk.

That's enough for a first post. Stay tuned for more.
The deep blue bin (and Neil).

Not sure which bin something goes in? Look it up in the guide.

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