[Summit] The New GreenUp Requirements

[Gardner and Company]

This seems so simple, if people just take the time.  There isn't a week that goes by that we don't put out either the glass or paper container, or both!  Most weeks we don't even put out the "green monstah" and we own a two family.  

Stop throwing stuff away and recycle.  

Heck, we even collect the other recyclable items and I take them to Mass where they recycle almost everything.



--- On Thu, 10/29/09, Hope for Health <libertyliterary at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Hope for Health <libertyliterary at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Summit] The New GreenUp Requirements
To: "James Barfoot" <jimbarfoot at cox.net>
Cc: "Neighborhood Summit" <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 2:40 PM

The problem is, you are to be punished for not
generating enough trash by having your garbage
not picked up in the weeks you don't put out
the green bin.  (By the way, we hardly ever
put the latter out because we avoid plastic
and re-use glass jars and bottles.

Blessings,

Liberty G

--- On Wed, 10/28/09, James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net> wrote:

> From: James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] The New GreenUp Requirements
> To: 
> Cc: "Neighborhood Summit" <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 9:07 PM
> I expect it will make us put out the
> big Green rolling bin only  
> whenever we have enough recyclables to put out with them -
> typically  
> about every other week. We don't ever fill up the green
> monster  
> (apologies to Red Sox fans) in only a week anyway. Putting
> out empty  
> bins and leaving them out until the big bin gets emptied
> doesn't seem  
> like a good choice to me.
> On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:51 PM, Hope for Health wrote:
> 
> > Good points in the messages below. I think it is sad
> > that some very well-meaning people(often with good
> > causes) seem to enjoy taking a punitive,
> self-righteous
> > attitude towards "lesser mortals" who don't find it
> > so easy to be perfect - or just don't want to be
> > micromanaged.
> >
> > Furthermore:
> >
> > 1.  Refusing to pick up the trash punishes not
> > just the homeowner, but all in the neighborhood.
> >
> > 2.  This could even result in a child being
> > bitten by a rat - then suing the city.
> >
> > 3.  They might actually win, since picking up
> > trash is a recognized civic responsibility.
> >
> > 4.  In multi-family houses, there is no way
> > for trash collectors to distinguish between
> > the "good" tenants, who bring out recycling bins,
> > and the "evil" ones that don't.  Moreover, it is
> > likely that fights could ensue between tenants
> > over this.
> >
> > 5.  Finally, what is to prevent those folks
> > who are annoyed at this requirement from just
> > choosing to put out empty bins all the time,
> > and refuse to bother separating their trash?
> >
> > I support recycling as much as anyone, but
> > I don't think this is the way to get it done.
> >
> > Blessings,
> >
> > Liberty G
> >
> > --- On Wed, 10/28/09, Paul Klinkman <psychwarelists at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Paul Klinkman <psychwarelists at yahoo.com>
> >> Subject: [Summit] The New GreenUp Requirements
> >> To: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> >> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 1:21 PM
> >> We don't take out our bins every week
> >> either.  Our bottles are either re-used or
> are clean
> >> enough to leave around.  We don't get a
> newspaper so
> >> our paper load isn't that large.
> >>
> >> Who in particular came up with this rule? 
> It's a
> >> disaster!
> >>
> >> For the record, I was one of the original East
> Side
> >> curbside newspaper recycling volunteers in the
> late
> >> 1970s.  The state's recycling program got
> started
> >> because of Ecology Action for Rhode Island's
> demonstration
> >> program.
> >>
> >> --Paul Klinkman
> >>
> >>> 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??
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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