#52: Find a home for all the pop tabs.

Date Completed:  6/17/2010

I collect things. Don’t get me wrong though – I collect nothing of value. Instead, I generally collect dust in my home, cobwebs on my “to do” lists, My Coke Rewards points online, and other silly things. I also collect soda (i.e., pop, if you’re from the Midwest) can tabs for some reason. I have no idea where this habit came from, but I vaguely remember someone once telling me, “No! Don’t recycle that can without first pulling off the tab!” because they were valuable to Ronald McDonald House. So I saved and saved – probably for years because I don’t drink that much soda and when I do, I drink from bottles because of the Coke Rewards that Hadley got me addicted to. Anyway, I eventually ended up with a bag of these tabs but no idea where I needed to deposit them. So many times I wanted to dump them in my recycle bin for convenience, but I held back. Then, one day, I found a tab collection “station” (i.e., cardboard box) at my office. Can you believe it? Someone else was collecting these too! This was my opportunity to rid myself of this collection so I brought in my bag and crammed them all into this little box. The box is now practically overflowing which is great, so I hope someone takes it somewhere. I figure I did my part! Of course, now I have a habit AND a collection because I still can’t bring myself to recycle my cans without pulling off the tab. Oh well – that makes something else to add to next year’s list!