[Vision2020] Glass Recycling Bin GONE

[Saundra Lund]

Wow – we made our regular trip to the glass recycling bin on the east side of town (old Gilbert Auto parking lot) this morning only to find it gone . . . with no notice!  Since the move to single-stream curbside recycling has excluded glass, we’ve been helping out a few friends who lack transportation and/or the physical strength/agility to haul heavy glass by taking their glass when we take ours.  This is a practice I’m not sure we’ll be able to continue with the elimination of the convenient location of that bin  :(

 

Supposedly, the glass recycling bin was removed due to a lack of use, although I’m not sure I find that explanation reasonable – it was unusual when we went that no one else was coming or going, and comments from nearby businesses also indicate it was frequently used in spite of the user unfriendly design of that particular bin.

 

This was extraordinarily bad timing because we just received our City bill yesterday, and I’ve long noticed that our rates are significantly higher than a family member’s who lives in expensive California.  They have bi-weekly single-stream curbside recycling, too, but they haven’t excluded glass and they accept more curbside recyclables than we are allowed here.

 

I recall reading “something” a month or two after we moved to single-stream recycling that the transition was extraordinarily successful – I believe the amount of recyclables picked up doubled.  It makes me really happy that the inclusion of apartment complexes has been so successful!

 

With that enormous improvement in recycling rates, that should mean less is going into the landfill and/or less waste that needs to be trucked out of the area, although I don’t recall seeing anything statistics about that.

 

However, with the decreases in service since the move to single-stream recycling as well as the laudable success of shifting recyclables out of the landfill, I’d like to know when we can expect to see a decrease in our garbage rates.

 

 

Thanks,

Saundra Lund

Moscow, ID

 

 

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak out for themselves.

~ Jane Goodall

 

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