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Nancy Young[_8_]

On 3/1/2015 7:47 PM, wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Mar 2015 18:33:48 -0500, Nancy Young
> > wrote:

>> Where I live, just about everything is mandatory recycling, at least
>> it seems that way. Cardboard, mixed paper (which is everything from
>> junk mail to magazines to tissue boxes). Plastic bottles, buckets,
>> glass, aluminum. Metal, electronics, newspaper. Leaves. It's too
>> expensive to send all that stuff to the landfills and we actually
>> save money by recycling.

> My city actually started basic recycling in the early 80s when there
> wasn't much talk about it. Now, if you are doing it right, only real
> garbage goes in the green bag. There are compostables, cardboard,
> paperboard, paper, bottles, plastics you name it, all have to be
> separated.

We had a similar trajectory. In the 80s there were drop off
points for cans and bottles, and you could bring newspapers to
the recycle yard. Wasn't mandatory at first. I would save newspapers
to bring but the place is on the other side of my (large) town. If
I didn't have a reason to be near there, it seemed counter-productive
to burn gas to save the environment.

We've gotten to the point where we have good compliance because
they pick up most everything twice a month. What a treat compared
to how they used to pick up. Comingled recyclables, it's separated
at some plant somewhere. They can't make it much easier.

> Some people in houses still fling everything in the green bags and
> they are talking of making clear bags mandatory so they cannot do it
> anymore, they will be fined.

Some people just refuse to get with the program. No pun intended.
(laugh) Refuse, get it?

> Electronics have to be delivered to
> special collection points, paints to another etc etc.

Exactly the same here.

> Not complaining, personally I feel better about it.

I try to do my part, for what it's worth.

nancy