St. Louis City has been slowly rolling out its new recycling program that includes recyclables as part of the waste pick-up. And my ward/neighborhood has just joined in the fun - I received my blue recycling roll-cart today.
So instead of 2 trash pick-ups per week, we get 1 for trash (green cart) and 1 for recycling (blue cart). And this is all included in our refuse charges. In my hippie opinion (and despite my libertarian tendencies), this is much better than the old opt-in program that cost an extra fee, and only gave you the little blue tub...which I didn't do anyway - I took my recyclables to the recycling center about 5 minutes away. So now I don't have to load up the car and drive over there every couple of weeks.
More info about the recycling pick-up service:
http://stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/street/refuse/recycle/alley-curb-dump-cart-recycle.cfm
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It's unfortunate that the trash haulers have to be forced by law into offering recycling services when it actually represents a supplemental revenue stream. You would think they would just do it because it was a smart business decision.
ReplyDeleteLove that I can do it from my house without driving elsewhere! Yeah for StL!
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