curbside recycling
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From: Sugarland, Texas (Near Ho
They just started asking my neighborhood to recycle newspaper. Ok! The recycling department left a plastic container for the paper then the sanitation department threw it in the back of their truck. Go figure!
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Originally posted by Mil1ion
I re-cycle everything that can be re-cycled.
I suggest to put in the extra effort, and help landfill's last longer.
I re-cycle everything that can be re-cycled.
I suggest to put in the extra effort, and help landfill's last longer.
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From: Conroe, TX
Yoou would be suprized the low number of people that will participate in a city recycleing program. This makes it not as economlical feasible as it can be. Also because of the small number of participents, it makes little or no impact on the landfills. Because of this many cities cancel their programs.
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Alberta is a Leader in Re-cycling.
The only thing they don't seem to re-cycle is Regular plastic containers like peanut butter or dish soap.
In Calgary; They re-cycle Milk Jugs,Newspaper/Magazines,Green & clearGlass, Pop(soda) cans & bottles, metal juice cans( which are worth money), Food cans, Cardboard,Tires,Oil,Anti-freeze, All types of Metal.
Thanks to the original posterm, I cleaned up all my re-cycling stuff today
The only thing they don't seem to re-cycle is Regular plastic containers like peanut butter or dish soap.
In Calgary; They re-cycle Milk Jugs,Newspaper/Magazines,Green & clearGlass, Pop(soda) cans & bottles, metal juice cans( which are worth money), Food cans, Cardboard,Tires,Oil,Anti-freeze, All types of Metal.
Thanks to the original posterm, I cleaned up all my re-cycling stuff today
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I recycle paper and cans. I wish they recycled soda bottles around here somewhere. Even more so would be that plastic they make oil bottles and laundry soap bottles with, that stuff is used alot, but recycled rarely.
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From: San Angelo, TX
Three years ago I moved to California and we had to recycle. It really opened my eyes. My recycling bin would be overflowing every week and my regular trash bin only needed to be emptied every two weeks. They don't do recycling where I live now but I think I'll see if there is a drop off place.
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Each morning, when I get off work, I take all the leftover newspapers and drive them to the recycle bin, and once a week, I take mine from home. And for those of you that didn't know this, AutoZone will take your old oil and recycle it.
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From: Ventura CA
We have curbside recycling here. I can tell you, as a private citizen, I put about 2x the amount of recyclables in the bin as I put trash in the trash bin. I can also tell you, as an employee of the public agency that runs the local landfill, the recycling efforts in our county has definatly prolonged the life of our landfill (not to mention my job). It takes about 10 years and millions of $ to site a landfill here in CA. Even after spending the time and money, the landfill still might not be permitted. The average citizen would be amazed at what it takes to site, permit, build, and operate a landfill. It boggles the mind! Let's make the ones we have last as long as possible.
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I "spearheaded" the recylcing effort for my family when I was younger. Parents just didn't put a value on recycling, but I would pick stuff out of the garbage in the kitchen once in a while and holler that it should have found its way to the recycle container. I think they eventually grew tired of hearing me complain...
Now, several years later, recycling is the norm at the house. I think it helps that the town we live in allows co-mingled recycling (used to have to separate the plastic, metal, clear glass, colored glass, etc). All recyclables get tossed in a separate garbage container I keep in the garage. The garage is attched to the kitchen; open the door, toss it in the bucket. Every once in a blue moon I might still find a recyclabe in the garbage, but these events are now rare (a slip of someone's mind, I suppose). From personal experience, I have found that the easier the task of recylcing is made (access to container, comingling, etc) the higher the likelyhood that it will be done.
I remember reading in the local newspaper at some point that the garbage men were required to enforce the recylcing effort. If recyclables were found mixed with people's garbage, the offendors were given written warnings and/or fined. Some urban cities even had "inspectors" who periodically look for such infractions.
Now, several years later, recycling is the norm at the house. I think it helps that the town we live in allows co-mingled recycling (used to have to separate the plastic, metal, clear glass, colored glass, etc). All recyclables get tossed in a separate garbage container I keep in the garage. The garage is attched to the kitchen; open the door, toss it in the bucket. Every once in a blue moon I might still find a recyclabe in the garbage, but these events are now rare (a slip of someone's mind, I suppose). From personal experience, I have found that the easier the task of recylcing is made (access to container, comingling, etc) the higher the likelyhood that it will be done.
I remember reading in the local newspaper at some point that the garbage men were required to enforce the recylcing effort. If recyclables were found mixed with people's garbage, the offendors were given written warnings and/or fined. Some urban cities even had "inspectors" who periodically look for such infractions.
in the cit of bremerton they charge you for recycling whether you recycle or not.