Folks,
Recycle Now Philadelphia (http://www.recyclenowphila.org/home.asp) has
a plan to introduce single stream recycling to the entire city of
Philadelphia. And Kyle, the plan would actually require recycling pick up
every week with the garbage. Another initiative is to give residents a
larger 50 gallon recycling container to throw every recyclable item/material
into. The resident wouldn't have to worry about separating it, it would be
separated later by the garbage/recycling collectors. This level of garbage
and recycling reclamation would have an immediately time-saving,
money-saving and pollution-controlling effect. If anyone reading this goes
the the website, please sign our petition for the city government to
institute the single stream collection plan.
Thanks,
Mario
On 3/6/07, Turner,Kathleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Personally, I find the every-other-week schedule far easier to keep track
of than the 1st-and-3rd Saturday schedule of the Firehouse recycling. I'm
always thrown off by those "5th Saturday" months.
The easiest, of course, would be every week recycling -- that would
probably give the fullest level of participation.
Kathleen
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*Sent:* Tuesday, March 06, 2007 3:47 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [UC] Twice monthly recycling phone calls?
In a message dated 3/6/2007 3:39:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi Kyle
You only got one call? Geez, you're lucky. I've gotten at least 5 or 6
of them since last week, including 2 last night. First time - fine, second
time - ok, by the third time I was like Enough already!
Seems like since being able to be on the "do not call" list for
telemarketers, the campaign/reminder/donation and (the most annoying) - the
survey calls - have really gotten intrusive.
Wendy
The city could save itself a lot of trouble, and increase recycling
rates, with a very simple change. Instead of "every second week" -- which
constantly shifts time of the month in a way that's hard for people to
remember -- they can go to a "first and third" or "second and fourth"
XXXday. They could even post signs to that effect if they were really
interested in recycling.
I suggested this to the Streets Dept several times in the past few years.
Even once to then-deputy Commissioner (now Commissioner) Tolson. At some
point (although you couldn't prove this by Mike Hardy or Wendell Lewis) even
I give up and stop trying.
Maybe some of the persistent recycling activists in the area whose
patience hasn't been exhausted can convince the Streets Dept people that
this would be so much easier to remember and would therefore get more
participation. Or, at least, to try it in a neighborhood like UC where
recycling participation is less than one might guess from the tenor of the
population.
*Always at your service and ready for a dialog (r)* brand resident and
housing provider,
Al Krigman
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