Re: Recycling

[Connie Cowens <cowens@moscow.com>]

been doing for years also.  and, while i will most likely use our new
ugly green bins, i'll most likely also still go to the center.  it is a
social-moscow-see-your-friends type of thing.  great fun.  but, i'm
willing to give curb-side a try.... who knows, if latah sanitation
really has our interests at heart, maybe they will someday pick up our
yard waste....not all of us have pick-ups.

connie owens

G M wrote:

> I've been doing it for years and years.
>
> But now I'm in a bit of a quandry.
>
> I have two new, fairly good sized recycle bins
> (property of the City of Moscow), some relatively
> complex instructions (as Bill London noted) and a
> disagreement going with my wife.
>
> My concern and contention is that the new system is
> going to consume more of my space and time, both of
> which are in short supply at home.
>
> Here are the points I made with my wonderfully
> significant other:
>
> *  Presently our recycling consists of filling two
> grocery bags a week with loose, unsorted recyclables.
> Every Saturday, as part of our weekly grocery/other
> shopping excursion with our funky auto, we swing by the
> recycling center and sort/deposit the contents of those
> 2 bags...and, of course, mingle with other humans,
> which is actually a part of the ritual I enjoy.
>
> *  The two bags take up very little space, are simple
> to fill up and it only takes a few minutes to sort and
> deposit the contents at the center.
>
> *  On the other hand the new bins take up three times
> as much space, will require more sorting time, figuring
> out schedules, taking the bins, along with assorted
> paper products, out to the curb and then picking it all
> up again.  (I'm not talking about it being physically
> difficult, just comparing the time and space
> differentials.)
>
> *  I can't see the advantage in my case.
>
> Well, for some reason my wife does see an advantage and
> so she has agreed to take over our household recycling
> "program" as a demonstration project of sorts.  Guess
> I'll find out if the new way is a better way.
>
> Either way...recycling rules!
>
> Greg Meyer
>
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