In the mid 1970s, I lived in Kitchener, Ontario. The city was the test bed for a province wide blue box recycling program. We recycled paper, cardboard, glass bottles, metal and aluminum cans. It helped to teach the kids about what we could do to cut down on 'junk' going into the landfill.
In 1979, we moved to Milton, Ontario. They didn't have a blue box recycling program. The kids were upset and they collected all the recyclables and we would take them back to Kitchener when we went to visit their grandmother. After about a year, Milton joined the program. They expanded to include plastics and Styrofoam. They then added yard waste and turned the yard waste into compost. Every spring and fall, residents can pickup 6 containers of the compost free and use it in their gardens. Soon they'll have a green bin where all non meat food scraps will be recycled into compost as well. They also implemented 'major garbage' days about 10 years ago. Old furniture, scrap metal and other 'junk' gets placed out on the curb about 4 times a year. People drive around and pick up what they want from what's out on the curbs. I know of one guy with a pickup truck that makes about $500 each time picking up scrap metal and aluminum. They municipality picks up what's left over. Some goes to the Salvation Army store or other 'recycling stores'. The wood gets recycled into used lumber. The balance goes into the land fill. Two years ago, we moved to Rockwood, Ontario, a small town of 3,500 people. They have a recycling program but only for collect paper, cardboard, glass bottles and metal cans. No yard waste, Styrofoam or kitchen scraps. They charge $1.75 per 40 litre garbage bag for all other garbage. We try to recycle as much as possible and generally only put out a 'paid' bag every 4-5 weeks. Also it costs about $15 to take a 100kg load of 'junk' to the transfer station which is about 10 kilometres away. My wife had a home in Thunder Bay, Ontario. While they have a recycling program, I found that when I went to the land fill, there was a section of crushed plastic containers that got buried. The closest plastics recycling plant was an 8 hour drive. Not economical enough, I guess. So maybe one day, a plant will be built in Thunder Bay and they'll have a cache of plastics to dig up and feed the plant. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of MB Software Solutions > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 10:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OT] Recycling (was Re: [NF] Photos: Three low-cost Linux PCs > |TechRepublic Photo Gallery) > > Michael Madigan wrote: > > Most towns are requiring recycling of electronic > > equipment now. > > > > > > Some towns have mandatory recycling on the usual stuff like paper, > plastic, glass, etc. However, I heard that it costs too much now to do > the recycling and so many are dumping it (pardon the pun). > > What's folks thoughts here on recycling? > > > -- > Michael J. Babcock, MCP > MB Software Solutions, LLC > http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com > http://fabmate.com > "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
