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I think it is sad that people don't recycle and question the government's motives. Go visit a garbage dump and see why it is so needed!!!
I think the rolling carts are nice...it makes it easier to get it all to the street. Since so many more plastics will be taken, those should be filled by every household come July!
I was glad to see it. We had 1 red bin and it wasn't enough. My wife had a seperate trash can in our pantry for recycling to add on. Just going to have to move some stuff around in the garage to find room for it. I'll also have to remember to lug it down every other week instead of once a week.
People who use a lot of frozen and packaged food, drink a lot of soda (bottles or cans) etc., generate a lot more trash. One way to be "green" that doesn't get much air time is using more fresh foods that don't require the processing and packaging.
Also buying in bulk (like at COSTCO) which involves a lot less packaging than smaller, individually-packaged items.
Interesting that the thread has taken off. But is recycling mandatory or voluntary in the Charlotte area? Does anyone have any statistics as to the rate of participation?
Looks like it isn't mandatory...
Is recycling mandatory in the City of Charlotte? Residents are not required to recycle; however, they are strongly encouraged to recycle. Business recycling is mandatory.
What is the participation rate for the CURB IT! residential recycling program? Currently, 43 to 45 percent (set-out rate) of all Charlotte residents participate in the recycling program; however, Charlotteans throw away six times more refuse than they recycle.
Interesting that the thread has taken off. But is recycling mandatory or voluntary in the Charlotte area? Does anyone have any statistics as to the rate of participation?
Looks like it isn't mandatory...
Is recycling mandatory in the City of Charlotte? Residents are not required to recycle; however, they are strongly encouraged to recycle. Business recycling is mandatory.
What is the participation rate for the CURB IT! residential recycling program? Currently, 43 to 45 percent (set-out rate) of all Charlotte residents participate in the recycling program; however, Charlotteans throw away six times more refuse than they recycle.
Don't know any Stats for Charlotte, but at the dump in Mooresville they post how many tonnes they have recycled each month. I look and think it sounds like a lot,but then I don't have any figures for landfill.
Since 2009 it has been illegal to place plastic bottles in landfill in NC.
Therefore they shouldn't be in your trash, I guess.
Actually, the OP has been very sick, so the answer to that question is yes.
It was a rhetorical question, but since you responded.....
Really? Walking over to the red bin on the ground, letting the recyclable hang over the bin, and releasing one's grip on it, letting gravity do the work, is more difficult? You don't even have to raise your arm like you do to put something in the trash bin. It's easier to recycle!
It was a rhetorical question, but since you responded.....
Really? Walking over to the red bin on the ground, letting the recyclable hang over the bin, and releasing one's grip on it, letting gravity do the work, is more difficult? You don't even have to raise your arm like you do to put something in the trash bin. It's easier to recycle!
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It was a rhetorical question, but since you responded.....
Really? Walking over to the red bin on the ground, letting the recyclable hang over the bin, and releasing one's grip on it, letting gravity do the work, is more difficult? You don't even have to raise your arm like you do to put something in the trash bin. It's easier to recycle!
The OP was is recycling still voluntary, or is it mandatory. The question was not what do you think of recycling. I did not give my view of it, but politely pointed out that the OP has been very sick, which many people here know.
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