05-13-2008, 03:47 PM
We've had curbside recycling for a long time. It's kind of a scam here though. They charge us to pickup the materials and then get paid to recycle them. In other areas I remember getting paid to recycle.
We can recycle pretty much anything, paper, glass, plastic... the list of "can't recycle" is smaller. Pizza boxes or other materials with food in them (though we can put pizza boxes in our yard waste for composting.) Can't recycle things like plastic car parts and such.
Last year this city had over a 50% recycling rate. Meaning, more than half of the stuff picked up was recycled. Recycling is required. If more than 50% of your trash contains recyclable material, there's a fine.
We can recycle pretty much anything, paper, glass, plastic... the list of "can't recycle" is smaller. Pizza boxes or other materials with food in them (though we can put pizza boxes in our yard waste for composting.) Can't recycle things like plastic car parts and such.
Last year this city had over a 50% recycling rate. Meaning, more than half of the stuff picked up was recycled. Recycling is required. If more than 50% of your trash contains recyclable material, there's a fine.