[Summit] I fail to see the logic in the new GreenUp requirements.

[Greg Gerritt]

The stickers cost way less than the $300K that more recycling will save the
city.  More and more cities around the country and the world are going to
mandatory recycing.  It is about time.  And if there is no enforcement, you
get no additional recycling. Greg gerritt


on 10/28/09 12:12 PM, David Zenofsky at davidzen at yahoo.com wrote:

> So I guess that explains the new stickers on the trash cans... Wonder how much
> those cost us? I thought the city was hurting for cash, but they can afford
> frivolous things like stickers hawking a new recycling initiative?
> 
> 
> From: Brian Leveille <brian.leveille at gmail.com>
> To: Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Sent: Wed, October 28, 2009 11:23:11 AM
> Subject: [Summit] I fail to see the logic in the new GreenUp requirements.
> 
> So I just got an email from the City announcing the upcoming change in trash
> pickup:
> 
> 
> GREEN UP PROVIDENCE is part of Operation Opportunity
> <http://www.providenceri.com/press/article.php?id=490> , a new initiative to
> double Providence¹s recycling rate and save nearly $300,000 in waste disposal
> fees. Starting on Monday, November 2, 2009, residents will need to place BOTH
> their recycling bins (or containers for segregated recyclables) at the curb on
> trash day next to their Big Green Can. Two recycling containers must be placed
> at the curb with each Big Green Can or the trash will not be picked up.
> 
> 
> Looking at the FAQ (http://www.providenceri.com/green/docs/GreenUP_faq.pdf) I
> see a tad more info like:
> 
> What if I don¹t have enough recyclables to fill my bins each week?
> Your recycling bins don¹t have to be full for your trash to be collected. All
> you need is to put out your bin.
> 
> The recycling truck collects before the trash truck, and I bring my bins in
> right away. How will they know I recycle?
> The garbage collectors won¹t know you recycle if you bring your bins in right
> away, so residents need to leave their empty bins next to their trash cans and
> bring all containers in at the same time.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm an avid recycler, but I probably only fill my recycling bins twice a
> month. 
> 
> My question to everyone is: what is the city trying to do by forcing me to put
> empty bins out every other week?  It seems silly to me to not get my trash
> picked up (which I pay (a lot of) taxes for) because I don't use enough
> plastic bottles to fill my recycle bins every week.  (Heh, maybe I should just
> get an extra 6 pack of beer every now and then to put in the bin.  Ya, I like
> that idea!)
> 
> Is this a social experiment to see if forcing people to put out recycling, by
> NOT picking up trash, will encourage more recycling?  Won't NOT picking up
> trash cause MORE rodent problems (which is why we got the bins in the first
> place)??
> 
> -BL
> 
> 
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