SF Bay Area households can cover San Francisco entirely in a thin layer of plastic liner bags every 7 months. A couple years ago, I finally caught up to the reality that lining trash bins with plastics bags is not only a relatively useless endeavor, but also harmful to the environment.

About 3 years ago, I bought a pack of eyelets and a spool of string with the simple goal of hanging a clothesline in my storage room to air dry my clothes.

Apparently that warm and fuzzy feeling I get when filling up my blue recycling bin with every type of paper, plastic, and metal I could find was only a feeling.