In a message dated 11/14/2000 11:47:58 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< As someone who composts everything and has no lawn to rake leaves off, I
have always thought there was a better solution to people individually
filling plastic bags to be picked up. (Except of course for the great Vote
Yes yellow bags.) It seems to me that allowing people to rake leaves into
the street only a day or two before the streets are swept would be a labor
saving non-polluting activity that would solve the problem. It would be no
extra work for the city and a big labor saver for the resident not to mention
the elimination of plastic (petroleum based) bags. >>
Agreed!!!
I wonder how much local residents pay for plastic lawn bags each year? Where
do the bags end up, and how do they get there? Sure must be a lot of labor
involved (paid and unpaid) in bagging and unbagging the leaves that
ultimately end up in a compost pile. We have 'block leaders', how about
'storm drain monitors' to keep the drains clear of biodegradable clutter like
twigs and leaves the week prior to 'the big street sweep' each fall? Sounds
like a 'job' for some hard-to-employ area residents for a few weeks each
fall... gotta be cheaper than all those plastic bags, etc.
M. Hohmann
13th Ward
