Maybe it’s our Scottish heritage and we are just predisposed to avoid waste or perhaps we think being a conservative means more than just politics. The fact is we are far behind the rest of the country on recycling . One of our local missions is to encourage recycling in our community.

The Starkville Recycling Center is located on 211 C.C. Clark Road. Recycling drives are scheduled once a month and church volunteers assist with unloading and sorting recyclables.

So what can you do? It all begins with you and me.

Please save and bring these items to the site:

• Plastic #1-7: milk jugs, water bottles, soda bottles, containers that held ice cream, margarine or yogurt, and microwave trays. Rinse well. Remove bottle caps and bring for recycling.

• Aluminum and steel cans: metal jar lids also. Rinse well. Labels do not have to be removed. Money from the aluminum cans will be donated to the Starkville area Habitat for Humanity chapter.

• Newspapers and brown paper bags. Make sure they are clean and dry.

• Magazines, telephone books and catalogs. Include other glossy paper with the magazines.

• Mixed paper: office paper and junk mail.

• Cardboard: flatten corrugated cardboard, cereal boxes, shoe boxes and tubes from paper towels and toilet paper.

• Inkjet Cartridges: A box for collecting inkjet cartridges is in the Fellowship Hall.