[Vision2020] Glass Recycling Bin GONE

[Darrell Keim]

I happened to be at the council meeting when this issue was decided.  Don't
ask me the numbers, but I recall they made the decision to discontinue this
location very clear.

Sorry to hear it has inconvenienced you.

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Saundra Lund <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm>
wrote:

> 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  L
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thanks,
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> Saundra Lund
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> Moscow, ID
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> The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak out for
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