We are getting organized to try and get curbside recycling set up in Bountiful. Every item recycled provides a double benefit. It is one less piece of garbage in the landfill, and it is one less tree chopped down or mine dug out to produce the items we need!
We are having an organizing meeting at 7:00 on the evening of Thursday June 28th at my home at 954 East Millbrook Way, Bountiful, and hope to get as many interested people there as possible
We have some background work we need to do if this is going to be a successful effort, including starting writing some letters to the city council, finding other likeminded people who will come help out, and doing some background work regarding the other communities nearby that have successful recycling programs, so that we sound organized and well prepared when we approach the city council to ask them to consider it. This meeting is to organize ourselves to get these things done.
I think (but am not yet certain) that we may have a reporter from the clipper there, so I am really hoping for a good turnout.
I know there are some who would like to be involved, but would be unable to come to the meeting, and anyone in that category can just let me know. I have started an e-mail account that anyone can write to, to let me know if they are interested in helping out at bountifulrecycles@yahoo.com. Or they could give me a call at home at 294-6854.
We have a nice ad in the clipper on Tuesday and Thursday of this week that you can go look at if you want.
Thanks,
Ray Ward M.D.-Ph.D.
954 East Millbrook Way
Bountiful, Utah 84010
801-294-6854
4 comments:
I live in bluffdale ..how much is the liberal al gore eco project going to cost me as a tax payer?
Cache County has mandatory recycling and it has been one of the biggest blunders in our county's history. If you are going to propose it, you need to do what Logan City and Cache County failed to do:
1. Have an objective third party do a concrete cost-benefit analysis that includes how long the life of the landfill will be extended. As it turns out in Cache County, no analysis was done until AFTER the policy was enacted and the analysis indicates that after recycling for a decade and a half we'll extend the life of the landfill by only 17 months.
2. Allow public input. Logan City proposed the program in one meeting and enacted it in the next.
3. Allow people to opt out of both the recycling tax and participation.
Recycling can be good when it makes sense. It can also be enacted poorly like Cache County. I would advise anyone thinking about enacting such a program to carefully study the errors in Cache County before proceeding.
Great ideas Tom; thanks for your suggestions. I will be sure to pass them on to Dr. Ward.
I agree with Tom's comment. My community has done curbside recycling for about a decade. My family, like most residents, has participated enthusiastically. But it frustrates me to discover that the vast majority (over 85%) of the stuff we put in our recycling bins eventually ends up in a landfill anyway, because no market exists for much of that stuff. We are effectively paying a whole lot to reclaim a very small portion of our waste. It makes residents feel good to recycle, but the reality of the matter defies the stated rationality of the program.
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