  E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1527 Registered: 11-2004 |
Green program sprouting users Response to new drop-off center prompts Detroit to try limited curbside recycling http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.d ll/article?AID=/20080123/METRO /801230385 | ||
Sciencefair Member Username: Sciencefair Post Number: 49 Registered: 10-2007 |
Let's hope this expands to the rest of us in the near future! | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 1814 Registered: 07-2004 |
I heard a funny story where a Detroit city council member was speaking to students at a Detroit school. One of the students asked, "Why don't we recycle our trash in Detroit?" To which the councilmember smilingly replied, "Why, your trash IS recycled -- into energy." If we can recycle enough, it may provide an argument against the incinerator lease being renewed next year. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 11235 Registered: 10-2003 |
The incinerator lease will not be renewed. It is a money loser and I am pretty sure Kwame wants it done with. If shut down I believe it should reduce taxes a little (not sure how many mills are associated with it) | ||
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus Post Number: 3275 Registered: 06-2006 |
wow...welcome to the 1990s, Detroit | ||
Bearinabox Member Username: Bearinabox Post Number: 502 Registered: 04-2006 |
^Better late than never, don't you think? | ||
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus Post Number: 3277 Registered: 06-2006 |
^absolutely...I was just under the (apparently false) impression that most municipalities had implemented curbside recycling a decade-and-a-half ago | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 6193 Registered: 08-2004 |
quote: Actually, taking your jaded comment a step further... "America welcome to the mid 20th Century..." Europe started recycling decades earlier than the USA. | ||
Izzadore Member Username: Izzadore Post Number: 106 Registered: 11-2006 |
NO WAY! That's great news. They'll have to pick and choose their neighborhoods though. | ||
Llyn Member Username: Llyn Post Number: 1895 Registered: 06-2004 |
I'm not sure they could implement curbside recycling till the incinerator compact ended. Anyone know for sure? | ||
The_recycling_people Member Username: The_recycling_people Post Number: 69 Registered: 11-2006 |
The recycling issue needs to be separated from the incinerator issue.... How we recycle in Detroit is the focus of Recycle Here! For far too long, recycling and the incinerator issue were one and the same. Our group was able to bring the focus on the recycling issue... alone. This allowed us to focus on providing and growing this service for the citizens, while staying away from the massive budgetary and political monster that is the waste-to-energy facility. We are thankful that our efforts have been fruitful. We are able to identify areas that may sustain a curbside program. We are able to pilot different methods for other areas. We are working with DPS to educate about the benefits and options for a greener future in the City of Detroit. Just providing citizens with a bin would not create a successful program... these incremental steps will allow us to create a budgetary responsible and effective program. Thank you all for supporting us. the recycling people | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 1822 Registered: 07-2004 |
Um. So, if we shut down the incinerator, which we're paying through the nose for, we won't have more money to spend on recycling? We won't have a greater impetus for recycling? Delinking the recycling issue from Detroit's overall waste-management plan seems silly. How is talking about dropping this boondoggle and ramping up recycling counterproductive? | ||
Royce Member Username: Royce Post Number: 2522 Registered: 07-2004 |
Wouldn't the taxes that go towards running the incinerator be used for a city-wide recycling program? |
