Moody Center
Question About City's Recycling
RECEIVED Thu., June 28, 2007
Dear Editor,
I have recently discovered that the city of Austin has begun a pilot program for recycling that basically means having a larger recycling bin (60-gallon cart) that is picked up every other week. While I believe this to be (finally!) a step forward for the recycling program, it baffles me as to why one of the "greenest" cities in America can only recycle No. 1 and No. 2 plastic? San Antonio recycles all plastic No. 1-7. (See San Antonio's Environmental Services Department website.) Why them and not us? There is a ton (literally) of plastic going in the landfill that could easily be recycled by the city of Austin. Why is it not happening?
I have recently discovered that the city of Austin has begun a pilot program for recycling that basically means having a larger recycling bin (60-gallon cart) that is picked up every other week. While I believe this to be (finally!) a step forward for the recycling program, it baffles me as to why one of the "greenest" cities in America can only recycle No. 1 and No. 2 plastic? San Antonio recycles all plastic No. 1-7. (See San Antonio's Environmental Services Department website.) Why them and not us? There is a ton (literally) of plastic going in the landfill that could easily be recycled by the city of Austin. Why is it not happening?
John Rose