VilladeMatel'sCommitmentToCaringForGod'sCreation

Recycling Composting

Paper & Cardboard: Newspaper, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, office paper Gable top & shelf-stable cartons, examples: milk, juice, & soup cartons **Please flatten/rinse all cardboard

Tin & Aluminum: Cans= soda, soup, vegetable, fruit, & coffee **Please rinse

Plastic Containers #1-#5, & #7 <NO #6> Bottles= water & soda, milk jugs, yogurt cups, margarine/butter tubs, detergent bottles, shampoo, hand soap & pill bottles **Please rinse

NO! NO! NO!

*Fruits,Nuts&Vegetables:raworcooked

*Meat,Bones,Dairy:raworcooked.Please Note:Bones,meat&dairyareallowedat largecommercialcompostingfacilities,as theseitemsshouldnotbecompostedin mosthomesystems

*PreparedorProcessedFoods

*Teabags,CoffeeGrounds/Filters

*SoiledNapkins,WetHandTowels

*Bread,Pasta,Cereal:raworcooked

*CompostableCutlery&Containers

Plastics #6: Styrofoam, straws, stirrers, coffee lids, plastic-lined disposable drink cups, and white cutlery Plastic bags of any kind: grocery bags, bread bags, dry cleaning bags

Plastic packaging: bubble wrap, cling wrap, microwave meal film covers

Nature In Time

➢ Experts estimate that by 2050 some 1.2 billion people will be displaced globally due to climate change.

➢ Pope Francis’ Synod on the Amazon in October 2019 has brought attention to the exploitation and devastation of the Amazon region, with the Pope sharing that it is the Indigenous people who are protecting some 80 percent of the world’s biodiversity.

➢ Warnings of global warming ever so slightly will cause suffering to wildlife and will be a significant risk for our coral reefs