Anchorage has started a tentative and limited recycling program. Yeah, I know. Concepts take a while to get to Alaska because they have to make it up the AlCan. So, being a duly guilt ridden baby booming save the planet type, I immediately signed up for the program and had a huge green can delivered to my home. I thought the size of the can was funny because I am simply not the type of person who uses that much recyclable material. I mean, for god’s sake, I bring cloth bags to every store I go to in order to avoid taking things home in plastic. Well, I was wrong. Imagine my surprise when I found that each day I was going down to the can to deposit some recyclable material into the can. No, I didn’t fill the can even though pick up is only every two weeks. But I sure filled it more than I’d expected. I guess I wasn’t as good a steward of the earth as I thought. Talk about eye opening.