22.04.07 boneheads
Alex rightly complains (en français mes chéris) that the towns of Hampstead and TMR are handing out free poop bags to dog owners… Whilst any purchase of anything is accompanied by a free plastic bag. Need we have more? Boneheads.
My borough is moving from the recycling bin to the recycling bag next week. At first I thought that the people who’d decided this had probably thought it through (yeah, sometimes I’m Zen like that, but it doesn’t last). However, the main reason seems to be that recyclables in bins tend to fly away (and all end up on my terrasse). Why then, can’t they give us a bin cover and pick up recycling more often, so the bins aren’t so full? (see what I mean about the Zen?) But my main gripe is that one has to pick up the recycling bags at the eco-quartier (open, like, 11-3 on alternate Wednesdays), and starting next year, pay for them. Bravo, way to make it much harder for people to recycle. You’re going the wrong way… BONEHEADS.Â
On the upside, today I noticed that I’m actually down to two plastic bags (from this many) in my cupboard, all others having been reused. Happy Earth Day all. Write to your local boneheads, please.
Moi je te trouve juste chanceuse d’habiter cet arrondissement. Big deal de devoir se déplacer et payer pour les sacs. T’en achète un paquet et ça te dure l’année.
Ramassage plus fréquent = coûts beaucoups plus élevés et plus de polution par carburant fossile.
Les sacs, c’est idéal, bien plus qu’un couvre bac. J’aimerais simplement qu’ils étendent la pratique jusqu’à Hochelag.
En fait, ce qui me dérange dans ton texte, c’est l’utilisation du “they”. They give us cover et They pick up more often. Placer toute la responsabilité sur l’État et sur les organismes. Le citoyen, pour qu’il recycle, doit voir cette tâche être facilitée au maximum.
Pareil comme tous ceux qui chialent contre Harper à propos de Kyoto mais qui ne font absolument rien pour réduire leurs émissions de GES.
“Can’t somebody else do it”
Phil, je vais le faire, me déplacer à l’éco-quartier. D’ailleurs je me disais qu’on pouvait s’organiser dans mon bloc pour se partager la tâche d’y aller.
Si je chiale, c’est parce que je sais que même si moi ça ne m’arrêtera pas, c’est clair que cette démarche additionnelle va en arrêter beaucoup.
C’est important que l’état rende ça facile, pas pour toi et moi, mais pour les autres qui ne sont pas aussi convaincus.
The front page story on the Gazzette Sunday said that they make alot of money from recycled paper. So I guess it is not enough that you are giving them your stuff for free, but now they want to charge you for it. So now you are contributing your recyclables and your cash for the environment. Why don’t they just hand out bigger bins like they are doing in our suburb?
I hope they use the bags in my area soon. The problem with the current bins is the wind scatters stuff all over the street, a great deal of paper winds up in my driveway or out in a field some place and just contributes more to pollution. At least the bags keep everything contained, keep it all dry, hold more than the box, and as I understand it, you don’t need to sort anything you put in the bag.
I agree they have some drawbacks, but I’d rather have a clean street and have to pay a bit extra for the bags, than have to pick up all the litter every friday that should have gone to the recyclers.
I agree with you that it’s backwards.
It was a shock when I moved from Montreal to the pacific northwest. the municipality-issued ‘poubelles’ are half the size for garbage here (roughly 2′x2′x3′) and the recycling “bin” is 3′x3′x4′ That’s 27 cubic feet!
Recycling can also include things like scrap metal, old electronics, etc.
Also, they recycle yard debris in a 3rd bin, to compost it, and that includes food items. Consequently, there’s very little that goes in the actual ‘vidange’.
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