Let’s have more recycling
Recycling bins. Put them up and they will come. Without a major PR campaign or city ordinances having to be put in place and enforced, scores of citizens in Columbus and surrounding areas have chosen to collect, separate, clean, bag, and haul their recyclables to the bins because it’s the right thing to do. Don’t let a few misguided individuals lead Columbus away from the enlightened path of recycling.
Please, no knee-jerk reactions that make so many demands on Waste Pro that they decide to close their doors, put employees out of work, pick up their bins and take them and the taxes they pay to a more favorable location.
A couple of suggestions to Waste Pro: Some of the openings in the bins are hard to reach. Hoisting a large bag of recycling over your head and trying to shove it in the hole can be a challenge. Cut the holes lower. Next post the number to call if the bin is full or if bags are outside the bin, and a list of the other drop off locations.
As for the true trash, appliances and furniture, it doesn’t need to go to the Salvation Army. They need donations to help people, not trash to clean up. No one is going to haul these materials to the Salvation Army, a recycling bin, vacant lot, or ditch, if they can place it on the curb and expect it to be picked up in a reasonable time. Seems like something the city needs to work on. May the landfills grow smaller and the recycling bins grow larger.
Vera Taylor
Brooksville
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