Ways to Care for God’s Creation

We hope you were able to participate in the interactive quiz (“How Much Do You Know About How To Solve Global Warming”) offered in this section in the February 14 edition of the church newsletter.
As we seek ways to care for God’s creation, we wanted to focus on plastics for a minute in this edition. The world produces more than 300 million tons of plastic each year and it is estimated that up to 91% of the plastic is not recycled, threatening the environment and poisoning animals. As a community, I’m confident that our recycling record is better, however, there are changes coming to the McIntire Recycling Center starting July 1 and I suspect to residential recycling services as well. Because of the lack of a market for some recycled materials the MRC will no longer accept plastics with a recycling designation of ♻️ 3 to 7. This also includes plastic bags, PVC pipe, and automotive containers.
Effective immediately, even though the McIntyre recycling center will accept these items until July 1, they will be shipped to Raleigh, where they will be placed into a landfill. This is not the best option for this beautiful earth that God has given us.
What can we do?
1) Refrain from buying anything plastic that is not designated in the 1 to 2 ♻️ category.
2) Refrain from using any “one use” product (i.e., straws, plastic utensils, plastic bags, paper plates and cups, etc.)
The Green Team