tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post5076741867920179976..comments2023-11-05T04:34:10.303-05:00Comments on The Naked City: Can we recycle the recycling bin?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-75783267431366133322009-10-03T16:09:35.903-04:002009-10-03T16:09:35.903-04:00Another reason not to have narrow, back-of-curb si...Another reason not to have narrow, back-of-curb sidewalks (they're continually blocked by more and more trash).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-65919266104548701602009-10-03T11:15:51.002-04:002009-10-03T11:15:51.002-04:00I don't think the new recycle bin will fit ins...I don't think the new recycle bin will fit inside my house. As I don't wish to have to walk outside every time I empty a tin can, I would like to keep my red bin so I can carry a load out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-39035665902721938302009-10-03T08:58:12.483-04:002009-10-03T08:58:12.483-04:00Mary, you state that you have THREE bins 'beca...Mary, you state that you have THREE bins 'because you read a lot of newspapers'. How GREEN is that? Can't you read them ONLINE?<br /><br />Or is this just Instance # 3,554,242 of you doing one thing while forcing others to do something else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-81093334432771139062009-10-01T15:51:55.264-04:002009-10-01T15:51:55.264-04:00http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/97860...http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/978604.html<br /><br />http://www.charlotteobserver.com/breaking/story/978633.html<br /><br />The first is on plastic bottles and some other new laws going into effect. Oh boy! The second is on Inland, the company contracted to pick up the recycleables.Jumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-17634697250855751272009-10-01T15:02:06.692-04:002009-10-01T15:02:06.692-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-66646358790722272262009-10-01T14:45:55.566-04:002009-10-01T14:45:55.566-04:00You do not have to presort. Single-stream recyclin...You do not have to presort. Single-stream recycling is pretty common these days. You can visit the recycling facility on Graham (details are on the city website) to see how the system works, they give educational tours all the time.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14897065108112928824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-87230799248079386052009-10-01T14:20:41.018-04:002009-10-01T14:20:41.018-04:00You're supposed to separate or pre-sort recycl...You're supposed to separate or pre-sort recycleables today? All this time, I've been putting all recycleables together in the bin, since there is just one bin. Will future rollouts require pre-sorting?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-46397132514006468072009-10-01T14:08:27.179-04:002009-10-01T14:08:27.179-04:00JDC - there is a brown rollout bin for yard waste....JDC - there is a brown rollout bin for yard waste. Are you in Mecklenburg county?<br /><br />The recycle center said it will be recycling the red bins<br /><br />thirdly, to Jumper, the separation process (aka single stream or zero sort)works very well. It has been implemented in other cities.<br />Watch the video<br />http://www.casella.com/node/45Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-60695097083330787572009-10-01T14:05:39.167-04:002009-10-01T14:05:39.167-04:00I do smell a boondoggle, however, as it seems JAT ...I do smell a boondoggle, however, as it seems JAT does.<br /><br />I called the privately run recycling facility off N. Graham street not too long ago. Apparently Casella waste systems runs a lot of the separation into plastic, steel, aluminumb, glass, waste streams and submits a blanket bid, making money on aluminum but losing it on glass, etc. The details are unclear and I doubt the public has access to any audit of this company. So any sweetheart deals, or contrarily a very fair and responsible system for choosing bids and evaluating which companies are serious about those bids, are a bit cloudy to the public, I'd say.<br /><br />To complicate the issue, it seems the company picking up an delivering the recycled waste will be different from the company that actually recycles the waste.Jumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-50791779532319861922009-10-01T13:46:06.615-04:002009-10-01T13:46:06.615-04:00I hope the separation procedure goes as planned. I...I hope the separation procedure goes as planned. I separate the glass, paper, plastic, into three bins. This is not because I'm a freak, it's because I live on a cul-de-sac and the guys didn't like to drive down here. I figured I'd better make it easy on them or they'd quit driving down here altogether. None of my neighbors has ever commenced recycling.<br /><br />I wish the city would ticket a few people who disobey the recycling law.<br /><br />When I started to recycle I was afraid it would be extra effort on my part. I rearranged a few things and it became no harder. In fact, a certain funky smell from mixing all trash together went away. Of course I compost so that may have something to do with it.Jumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-76456244317251286612009-10-01T13:10:57.171-04:002009-10-01T13:10:57.171-04:00I can't wait to get my new bin. This is so ex...I can't wait to get my new bin. This is so exciting.........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-26882181094975841822009-10-01T12:07:51.704-04:002009-10-01T12:07:51.704-04:00So Mary, what is the city going to do with all the...So Mary, what is the city going to do with all the specialized sorter trucks it has for the current bin system?<br /><br />And that is just the biggest question I have about this change.<br /><br />How many cu. ft. does the new roll out hold vs. each bin?<br /><br />We routinely put 3 chockful bins out each week. The rollout would have to be able to hold a minimum of 6 bins worth of material for there to be no drop off in our recyclables with the new system. Hope it does.JAThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093146842739423564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-24302278578035806772009-10-01T11:48:38.526-04:002009-10-01T11:48:38.526-04:00Do you mean here's a separate bin now in exist...Do you mean here's a separate bin now in existence in Charlotte for yard waste? Or there will be? (See the comment from Anonymous who posted at 05:14 pm on 9/30).<br /><br />If that's the case now, my neighborhood has been left out. We love our towering trees and beautiful shrubs, but at this time of the year, we'd have to roll out a yard waste bin twice a day and receive the same number of daily pickups by the city, just to keep up with fallen leaves. Instead we have to bag the leaves. (Does the city recycle the bags?)<br /><br />Speaking of leaves, did the city ever offer the service of removing leaves that homeowners raked or blew into the sides of streets, or is that only something that a private service would offer?JDCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-53635112830940416522009-10-01T10:25:43.379-04:002009-10-01T10:25:43.379-04:00Council member Edwin Peacock said the new recyclin...Council member Edwin Peacock said the new recycling rollouts will be either blue or green. The one displayed in the lobby of the gov center (in photo above) is green. I don't know if that means all will be green, or just that sample was. Will update when I find out. <br /><br />Also, I checked this morning and, indeed, our red bin has a "#2" symbol on it, so technically it's recyclable. Whether the city will recycle them is another question. Again, I'll update when I know more.Mary Newsomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202416766614180007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-62139566424553454702009-10-01T08:42:54.619-04:002009-10-01T08:42:54.619-04:00Will the new recycling rollout carts be a differen...Will the new recycling rollout carts be a different color?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-48680688457632299992009-10-01T07:00:05.503-04:002009-10-01T07:00:05.503-04:00Sell them to college students and other to use on ...Sell them to college students and other to use on their bikes, instead of stealing milk crates...2whls3spdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954543886269776858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-85249004668518071852009-09-30T21:50:05.553-04:002009-09-30T21:50:05.553-04:00We in Lexington Ky. have been using the three roll...We in Lexington Ky. have been using the three roll out cart system for a number of years and seriously, you only have to put out the cart that needs to be emptied on collection day. For most of us that means that the garbage gets set out about half as often as the recycling one and about double the lawn waste one. Very rarely would one put out all three on the same day, but it does happen.The Lexington Streetsweeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951887343694165562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-40184539677891566272009-09-30T21:35:32.039-04:002009-09-30T21:35:32.039-04:00I like the new bins - with lids. Now I won't h...I like the new bins - with lids. Now I won't have to be embarrassed when my whole neighborhood sees my little red bin overflowing with liquor bottles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-31685714959939894302009-09-30T20:04:20.315-04:002009-09-30T20:04:20.315-04:00We had an obviously broken bin a few years ago (th...We had an obviously broken bin a few years ago (the only thing holding it together was the top rim on one side) and tried putting it into a new recycle bin for several weeks. Each time we came home to find it sitting side by side with the new one. We finally put it in the regular garbage bin. It actually never occured to me to try duct tape...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-80769353321765383502009-09-30T19:18:38.416-04:002009-09-30T19:18:38.416-04:00The bins are #2 plastic, as state on one end of th...The bins are #2 plastic, as state on one end of them. <br /><br />Maybe another municipality is interested in starting their own program and might be interested in buying ours at a bargain price? Remember, reduce and reuse before recycling.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14897065108112928824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-19163232744914234022009-09-30T18:11:22.478-04:002009-09-30T18:11:22.478-04:00Call the recycling place and find out.Call the recycling place and find out.Jumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-87322466825804225012009-09-30T17:14:39.932-04:002009-09-30T17:14:39.932-04:00It won't be a shared rollout bin, you will be ...It won't be a shared rollout bin, you will be receivng a rollout bin specifially for your recycled materials. so you will now have 3 rollout bins ( trash, yardwaste and recycled material)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-33544996530170845442009-09-30T16:52:56.246-04:002009-09-30T16:52:56.246-04:00if the democrats enforce a paid subscriber fee to ...if the democrats enforce a paid subscriber fee to maintain lawful citizen status with their socialized medicine proposal, does that mean there will be an increase in tax code<br />law to support a substantial deduction for recycling...anything?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-79024875672251838912009-09-30T16:47:43.847-04:002009-09-30T16:47:43.847-04:00Or conversely (since it fills up faster) the recyc...Or conversely (since it fills up faster) the recycling during trash pick-up weeks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19601020.post-5598237939071941312009-09-30T16:46:56.216-04:002009-09-30T16:46:56.216-04:00Right now, I put out the recycling bin every week,...Right now, I put out the recycling bin every week, but the rollout cart for trash only once a month. If going to a shared rollout cart with alternating pick-up, where am I supposed to store the trash on recycling weeks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com