After seeing how a show about the need for change ( environmental
practices) I wrote my rep.
We have to PAY to get recycling picked up and it only happens once
every two weeks.
I complained that i do not use the city garbage which means no
recycling is picked up
from me. I pay $24.79 to have garbage picked by another service,
because they will
come to my back door to get my can. The Tiny City won't. and the city
won't collect my recycling unless I also buy a city garbage bag and
have that next to the recycling.
Here's what my rep wrote
Yes you have to have a bag because the city has to pay for our city
workers to pick up the recyclable in a special truck that had to be
bought, gassed and maintained-nothing is free. Again the cost is in
place for every city and either it is paid by the bag fee or by
taxes that hide the cost. Ours is the best deal. You need to
understand how it actually works and costs. As for your
accessibility to the curb-that I can not help you with. If your
home requires added expenses due to its location or layout- you can
not ask the city tax payers to help you. Other ADA compliant
housing is available within the city.
my reply:
I am bemused and insulted by your reply. I have owned my home for 17
years and pay taxes.
My taxes have educated many children, none of whom were mine.
Part of being a citizen includes paying for things that others need.
So your remarks at the end are galling!
How my concern about getting recycling picked up devolved into
telling me I need to move,
I don't know.
I already told you that I PAY for my garbage. How does this
translate into" you can not ask the city tax payers to help you"
?????!!!!!!!
That my concern about our lack of rigor in recycling and that we
CHARGE for it ( other places collect multiple times a week whereas
we do it just twice a month and have to pay for it) is met with
such hostility, is untoward.
You have indicated that you disagree. Fine. But disagreement does
not beget insult. That is a trespass.
I have always found our system of recycling wanting. When I was
able-bodied, I drove my recycling to the recycling station, this was
my committment to our planet. Why does the revenue from recycling
not offset the cost of collection?
Recycling is supported and encouraged all over the world -- it is
seen as a revenue source for other municipalities. Here, we are
charged for it. I can't see how this encourages people to recycle.
Akua
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