Let me ask you.... If I stacked up 12 one ounce silver coins in front of you and then handed them to you... Would you turn around and then toss them out into the garbage?

I am going to go out on a limb and say that across the board, that no one in their right mind would throw out the coins. You would of course keep them.

But what if we are doing that right now and we didn't even realize it? You might be!

What's this? It's recycling! Every month so many of us, throw out our aluminum cans and plastic bottles and this can actually add up. All of those "silver" lites we drink during the football games or other sports that many of us watch. All those Diet Cokes, regular Pepsis, Cokes, Root Beers, Red Bulls, etc. get tossed out the trash by quite a few of us. And let's not forget the bottled water, the sport drinks, and other plastic bottle beverages that we drink up each week. This starts to add up!

You might be surprised on how much your family consumes in one month. Let's say on an average your family is drinking about $25.00 a month in recyclables. You might think... "Brad, that is not that much. It is only $25.00 bucks." Well that is about one ounce of silver. (I realize the price may change as I type this.) But if you added that savings up for one year that is about 12 ounces of silver!

When I started to put it in these terms it really made me stop and think. Yeah, it may only be $25.00 dollars here and there....but if I see it in the form of silver one ounce coins...that really makes me see things a little differently.

And if you are looking to pay down a little more on a credit card debt or you wanted to start saving some money but the cash flow was too tight...this may help out some. I do realize it is not a huge amount of money but every bit does start to add up over time...One ounce at a time.

Go "Green" and Go Silver!

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