Do you have a hobby? Maybe it’s fly fishing, biking, scrap booking, or surfing. Actually, it doesn’t even have to be a hobby, it could be anything—it could be sitting in front of the TV or the Computer and enjoying a couple hilarious TV shows. However, you probably notice—as we all do—that whenever you’re doing these things—boy does time fly!

It’s the exact opposite of watching water boil—like time’s been put in fast forward. Why is it, that when you’re so used to doing something, so subconsciously tuned into it, that the seconds, minutes, and even hours seem to build up without so much as a warning. So many things have a tendency of turning out like this, building and building and building until they make something significant.

Like the hours lost in front of the television or the day spent fishing—sometimes we let ourselves get carried away…and it’s the same for activities that maybe aren’t so good, like the way we take care of waste—especially for businesses. Spend too long doing something and its often hard to realize how often you actually do it, it’s almost like second nature. Like the hours wasted, unknowingly, in front of the television, businesses can contribute tons of waste to the environment without even realizing it.

In the end it all comes down to awareness. Whether it be of time or of waste—a little awareness goes a long way. When it comes to recycling, that awareness can be the difference between a healthy environment and an efficient and green businessor a dirty environment and a business crippled by expensive waste disposal.