I am so proud of my neighbors.

[crispini]

Today is the first day that we've had recycling pickup for three weeks, because the recycling only gets picked up on Monday, whereas garbage gets picked up on Monday and Friday. Anyway, today on my street, the blue recycling bins are FULL to overflowing, far more than the garbage. Everyone kept all of their stuff around for three weeks. It does my heart good to see this sight. :woohoo:

[NMDemDist2]

1. i wish I had pickup

i have three covered bins on the deck that I have to schlep into town when they are full

[crispini]

3. Yeah, we're lucky.

It really makes it a lot easier to recycle.

[SheilaT]

2. Your recycling

company doesn't have a holiday schedule? Good grief.

[crispini]

4. Recycling AND trash -- if there's a holiday, you're SOL.

Oh well, next year the holiday is on Tuesday.

[CrispyQ]

5. What a difference. Our neighborhood is full of trash cans filled to over flowing,

with tiny little recycle bins next to them, some with no recycle bins at all. It is discouraging since Boulder County has some of the best recycling efforts in the country. We even have a place to drop off hard to recycle items like styrofoam, but when I was out walking, I saw massive amounts of styrofoam sticking out of the trash bins. I guess if you can't have it picked up at the curbside it's just easier to toss it. What really gets my goat is how many of these households have children. Don't they care about what kind of planet they are leaving behind for their children & grandchildren? What kind of message they are sending with their 'just throw it out' mentality? I remember a sci-fi story where a family makes a fortune by salvaging landfills for usable goods & wonder how long before we reach that point.

My husband & I have not had trash pickup in three weeks due to snow. Our bin is now full -- the only time it's ever full is in spring after we clean the yard. Our recycles, however, are so backed up we had to do a special drop off at the local center. Those beer bottles really add up fast!! ;)

[crispini]

6. Hi CrispyQGirl!

:hi: It's nice to have it be "the norm" --- I think once you get over a certain threshold, peer pressure kicks in and everyone sort of feels they should do it. We also have a totally kick-ass program... NO sorting, and they take almost all kinds of paper and all plastics except #6. I mean, dang, once you throw in cans and glass, what else is left? Styrofoam, I guess, and stuff with food on it.

[CrispyQ]

7. Our neighborhood is turning into a rental neighborhood.

Maybe that makes a difference? There are mostly young families with young children. It's sad to see so much stuff go to the landfill that could be recycled.


:hi: Hope you are well!

[lesab]

8. Great

We live in a tiny town of about 800 people and there is no recycling service here at all. You have to drive 30 miles to the nearest town to turn in recyclables but my husband (scoutmaster) and the local boyscout troop has put up a bin to collect everybodies cans. It helps the boys pay for camp and helps the town feel like they are contributing to the environment as well as our youth. Everybody can do something.....