Since I don’t have a mulching lawnmower, I’ve been collecting the grass I cut into bags and leaving them at the curb. Our neighborhood newsletter recently printed a reminder that all yard waste needs to be in clear plastic bags. The City of Raleigh’s recycling page says that, too. I’d be happy to oblige, but clear year waste bags are impossible to find. I’ve checked Lowes Foods, BJs, and Target. None of them sell clear yard waste bags. I think its a conspiracy.

I’m not sure what the big deal is, anyway. One morning, I almost missed the yard waste truck as it drove through the neighborhood. I ran out to hand the guy my bags. He simply ripped them open on the spot, dumped their contents into the truck, and hung what was left of the bags on a hook on the truck. The lifespan of the bag in the hands of the sanitation worker was all of 3 seconds.

I think it’ll be easier getting off my lazy duff and setting up a compost heap than actually finding clear plastic bags. Either that, or I’ll get a mulching mower and put the cut grass where it belongs: back on the lawn.