Got My Big Blue Recycling Roll Cart From City of Raleigh Today! (Durham: house, live in)

[zitsky]

Originally Posted by roscomac

Preparing Materials for Recycling - The Official City of Raleigh Portal

Here are all the details and the reasons behind the policies.

That page is interesting, but it doesn't explain why they won't recycle items like #6 plastic, margarine tubs, etc. I was hoping they would explain the reasoning behind that.

[Special_Guest]

Originally Posted by adlnc07

Here's a tip for every other week recycling - keep the schedule they send you handy and don't put your rolling bin out those weeks when there's no collection. This will keep you from looking like a dummy to your neighbors! There's also a chain reaction effect when one guy puts his bin out the wrong week, then half the neighbors put theirs out as well! I am not fooled, however, and only put mine out on the correct days!

Yeah, that doesn't bother me either. I don't have the time or interest to check a trash schedule. I put them BOTH out, and it they take it, they take it. If they don't, they don't. LOL!

Somebody mentioned New Hanover County - I used to live there. When I was there, I remember hearing a huge scandal on how all the recyclables were being dumped with the regular garbage.

[WoooHooo!]

Originally Posted by CalicoskiesNC

Is it true the recycles can is every other week pick up? If so, that's kinda yucky. Does it attract bees and flies? I live in a neighborhood with no garages

We've had the big blue recycling bin since we moved into our house about a year ago. I'm not sure why my neighborhood has had them when it seems like this is new for most - maybe we were part of an early pilot.

Anyway, we keep our bins outside of the garage all the time and I've never had one problem with flies, bees, animals, etc.

The bins are pretty sturdy, and the lid closes pretty solidly. In fact, even if you fill a gatorade bottle full of dry ice and put it inside one, it may blow the lid open, but won't cause any damage to the bin. (One of my neighbors is a beer-drinking scientist, and we had a little experiment a few weeks back!)

[twingles]

Originally Posted by RDUBiker

I still wish they'd work something out to accept plastic grocery bags, although I will probably quit using them if at all possible.

Target takes them...they have recycling thing at the front by customer service. Of course I never remember to take them with me...

[RDUBiker]

Originally Posted by twingles

Target takes them...they have recycling thing at the front by customer service. Of course I never remember to take them with me...

Yes, Target and Lowes and some grocery stores. I just left Target and wouldn't you know it, forgot to take in the huge mass I have waiting in the trunk. DOH

[don6170]

Originally Posted by slim2none

I do recycle and try to be conscientious about how I do it. Is it really any good to throw a bunch of newspaper and cardboard in a bin and then throw a bunch of bottles that are going to drip all over the paper and make it a soggy lump before it can ever be processed? How about a peanut butter jar - is it ok to throw it in the bin with pb still all over it? How many other resources would I (or the recycling plant) waste trying to clean the pb off the jar?

I think a lot of recycling is like taking our shoes off at airport security. It makes some people feel good but is of very questionable value.

As they used to say on AOL - "me too"

I am very conscientious about what goes in the recycle bin. I will stick a PB jar in the dishwasher with the other dishes before putting in the recycling bin. OTOH - my next door neighbor doesn't rinse anything, puts lids, pizza boxes, and other "unacceptable" things in his bin, so I wonder if/how they sort it all out.

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by don6170

As they used to say on AOL - "me too"

I am very conscientious about what goes in the recycle bin. I will stick a PB jar in the dishwasher with the other dishes before putting in the recycling bin. OTOH - my next door neighbor doesn't rinse anything, puts lids, pizza boxes, and other "unacceptable" things in his bin, so I wonder if/how they sort it all out.

It's pretty much manually sorted. I watched a little bit of the CNBC series on Waste Management, and guys were plucking stuff off conveyors.

That made me a little more conscientious about following the Town's guidelines for acceptable materials.

[RDUBiker]

Originally Posted by don6170

As they used to say on AOL - "me too"

I am very conscientious about what goes in the recycle bin. I will stick a PB jar in the dishwasher with the other dishes before putting in the recycling bin. OTOH - my next door neighbor doesn't rinse anything, puts lids, pizza boxes, and other "unacceptable" things in his bin, so I wonder if/how they sort it all out.

I'll give something a quick rinse, but I'm not wasting my gas and water to clean stuff up for the city. There has to be a line somewhere I'll give them all the recycling they want but I don't plan to spend an inordinate amount of time preparing it for them.

My grandmother used to be a crazy person about garbage and recycling. I'll stick to the middle.

[Poggly Woggly]

I noticed this morning while driving through on St. Mary's St. that some houses have the old green plastic boxes and others have the new blue rolling containers. I was wondering what the deal was with that. Are the new blue containers the same size as the green trash containers? These were.

[Starglow]

Originally Posted by Poggly Woggly

I noticed this morning while driving through on St. Mary's St. that some houses have the old green plastic boxes and others have the new blue rolling containers. I was wondering what the deal was with that. Are the new blue containers the same size as the green trash containers? These were.

Yes.... same size. Since the city hasn't picked up our recycling in almost a month now, it's all going into the trash can and the pretty new blue bin will stay parked behind my house until they get their act together.