I re-read my message, and I apologize if I sounded insensitive, as my intent was just to say that different towns and cities have their own way of handling garbage collections.
We do need to challenge the way things are done in order to effect change, however, we can't always expect to get it. If it weren't for many persistent people we wouldn't have many of the accommodations that we do have. It does remind me to teach our children that we need to be good citizens, as anyone may need help from others at anytime during their lifetime. I just got an idea, maybe there's a Boy Scout Troop in your area that would be willing to share some responsibility of helping you out. You know, the "do a good dead" thing. Hugs, Barbara A in Auburn CA -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Alma <[email protected]> To: tmic-list <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 5:29 pm Subject: Re: [TMIC] OT: the Garbage Story I live in a small town. The garbage collection is all we have! We don't have recycling either. We have one pick-up per week, and if we do separate our recycling, it gets all thrown in together anyway. Even if we buy the blue bags at the store, they go in the same truck, which no doubt get broken in the truck. What they do is separate once they dump, which they say is very efficient. I can't see how it is, but they say it is. It's all there is, so that's it. For those who can and want to, you can take to a recycling spot! Now, the town that I used to live in had it's own municipal garbage company and did it this way which was great. They gave us different colored bins and we sorted our items. They had a separate truck and it had compartments. The money collected from the recycling was used to offset our garbage bills, which were lower than other towns in our area, and it wasn't in our taxes either. It was great, but you get what you get where you live. Sometimes you can't fight city hall. Hugs, Barbara A in Auburn CA -----Original Message----- From: john snodgrass <[email protected]> To: transverse myelitis <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 4:25 pm Subject: Re: [TMIC] OT: the Garbage Story planet earth sucks. glad i aint from around here! --- On Fri, 4/1/11, Akua <[email protected]> wrote: From: Akua <[email protected]> Subject: [TMIC] OT: the Garbage Story To: [email protected] Date: Friday, April 1, 2011, 5:29 PM 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 --
