http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/25709 I finally broke down and packed all our recyclables and drove to BARC.  It's a 16-mile roundtrip trek from our house, but I'm willing to make the drive because of my past relationship with ARC organizations. My college fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi, has a strong relationship with organizations such as ARC. We worked with PARC (Peoria, Ill.) when I was in the fraternity, so I feel while I’m getting paid to recycle, I’m also helping out a great program, rather than a guy off the street trying to make a few bucks. Nothing wrong with that, just have more of a relationship with non-profit groups. Anyway, I raked in a whopping $22 dollars and some odd cents for the six months of recycling – plastics, cans, milk jugs, newspaper. Is it worth it? I don't know monetarily. But I feel good about it, and I think that's what makes it worthwhile. I finally broke down and packed all our recyclables and drove to BARC.  It's a 16-mile roundtrip trek from our house, but I'm willing to make the drive because of my past relationship with ARC organizations. My college fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi, has a strong relationship with organizations such as ARC. We worked with PARC (Peoria, Ill.) when I was in the fraternity, so I feel while I’m getting paid to recycle, I’m also helping out a great program, rather than a guy off the street trying to make a few bucks. Nothing wrong with that, just have more of a relationship with non-profit groups. Anyway, I raked in a whopping $22 dollars and some odd cents for the six months of recycling – plastics, cans, milk jugs, newspaper. Is it worth it? I don't know monetarily. But I feel good about it, and I think that's what makes it worthwhile. en-us And your garage will be clean for a few days. http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/25709/#c_231058 http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/25709/#c_231058 And your garage will be clean for a few days. You get paid for the newspapers, too?   Our garage is a bedroom, so no place to keep recycling... even if I was inclined to stop my blue trash delivery.  I am far too spoiled now, though.  But good on you!  Recycling is recycling -- I'm for anything that relieves our dump sites a little. http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/25709/#c_231112 http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/25709/#c_231112 You get paid for the newspapers, too?   Our garage is a bedroom, so no place to keep recycling... even if I was inclined to stop my blue trash delivery.  I am far too spoiled now, though.  But good on you!  Recycling is recycling -- I'm for anything that relieves our dump sites a little. It's not a lot -- 0.015 cents for a pound of newspaper.  That's one and half cents a pound! Not 15 cents a pound. http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/25709/#c_231115 http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/25709/#c_231115 It's not a lot -- 0.015 cents for a pound of newspaper.  That's one and half cents a pound! Not 15 cents a pound. I think you your right that monetarily not worth it.  Considering you probably spent close to that in gas.  But it does feel good to give back to Mother Earth.  http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/25709/#c_234094 http://www.northwestvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/25709/#c_234094 I think you your right that monetarily not worth it.  Considering you probably spent close to that in gas.  But it does feel good to give back to Mother Earth.