Return garbage bins from front pickup back to rear pickup like it was before
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Anonymous
9 years ago
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I am not against recycling but we shouldn't go into debt to do this especially with the recent costly upgrade to recycling facilities that we haven't probably even paid for yet. If people want curbside - there are independent contractors - who can be commissioned by the city for a fee to do this until such time as the current recycle centers are redundant. Wasteful thinking and typical of governments not thinking ahead. We don't have the money? It don't happen!
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Sharon Hudemka
10 years ago
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It is quite a concern that we are not actually recycling goods but adding them to long term storage and/or to the landfill. Glass and other materials are one of the hardest to find a good outlet for recycling and usually again find their way to landfill. Until the City can find an outlet for all purposed recycled materials, we should put curbside recycling on hold.
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Tuner guy
11 years ago
A comparison of the purposed costs vs the purposed benefits. We don't have a firm proposal from council at this time, so I compared the ideas council tossed around and what other cities have done. The time extension on the landfill is negligible for the amount of money council wants to collect for it. Particularly when you consider the very small percentage of garbage going into the landfill from residences.
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Kim Siever
11 years ago
How have you determined that the cost to benefit ratio is very low?
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Erin Ko
11 years ago
I use a great local business call the Recycle Bin who offer world class service. It's worth the price, and I my recycling needs are always well taken care of!
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geoffrey petersen
11 years ago
Don't fucking do it.
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sonia Ramírez
11 years ago
I vote no to curbside recycling. The old system is working fine why fix something that's not broken!!
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George McCrea
11 years ago
Keep the status quo or put an organics bin at current recycling sites. Make it voluntary.
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Martin Dixon
11 years ago
As has happened with City initiatives before, I believe that the City taxpayers have been presented with grossly inaccurate projected costs for a curbside recycling service. I do not see any need for such a service. There are private firms who would be pleased to have the business of any residents who do want such a service.
Furthermore, the information given by City administration says that about 75% of the waste going to the landfill is NOT residential waste... it is industrial, business, and construction.
If curbside recycling were to take away half of the residential waste for recycling, that would only be 12.5% of waste that would not go to the landfill.
SO ABOUT 87.5% OF THE WASTE STREAM WOULD STILL GO TO THE LANDFILL!!
That is not difficult math... why on earth would the city not go after a plan for a redirection of the non-residential waste?
That is... pick the low-hanging fruit first!
There is no doubt in my mind... this looks like more empire-building in City Hall at our expense.
Who's driving this bus??? Council... wake up and get it back on a sensible path... that's what you were elected for!
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Ken Ikle
11 years ago
The City Council has not presented the full cost of curbside eg the costof
Materials sorting station $3to 5million if you look at medicine hat Waste Management Strategy on their web site look at curbside recycling project they show citizens the full cost of their MSF and Building & machinery $ 12m plus their council did defer as to expensive. What is ours doing shoe us the true facts.
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Darlene McLean
11 years ago
I like the way this survey is worded.
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Dave Briscoe
11 years ago
I'm personally tired of @spearmac and his curbside crusade. We don't want your "Spearman Tubs" Mr Mayor.
Return garbage bins from front pickup back to rear pickup like it was before
I am not against recycling but we shouldn't go into debt to do this especially with the recent costly upgrade to recycling facilities that we haven't probably even paid for yet. If people want curbside - there are independent contractors - who can be commissioned by the city for a fee to do this until such time as the current recycle centers are redundant. Wasteful thinking and typical of governments not thinking ahead. We don't have the money? It don't happen!
It is quite a concern that we are not actually recycling goods but adding them to long term storage and/or to the landfill. Glass and other materials are one of the hardest to find a good outlet for recycling and usually again find their way to landfill. Until the City can find an outlet for all purposed recycled materials, we should put curbside recycling on hold.
A comparison of the purposed costs vs the purposed benefits. We don't have a firm proposal from council at this time, so I compared the ideas council tossed around and what other cities have done. The time extension on the landfill is negligible for the amount of money council wants to collect for it. Particularly when you consider the very small percentage of garbage going into the landfill from residences.
How have you determined that the cost to benefit ratio is very low?
I use a great local business call the Recycle Bin who offer world class service. It's worth the price, and I my recycling needs are always well taken care of!
Don't fucking do it.
I vote no to curbside recycling. The old system is working fine why fix something that's not broken!!
Keep the status quo or put an organics bin at current recycling sites. Make it voluntary.
As has happened with City initiatives before, I believe that the City taxpayers have been presented with grossly inaccurate projected costs for a curbside recycling service. I do not see any need for such a service. There are private firms who would be pleased to have the business of any residents who do want such a service. Furthermore, the information given by City administration says that about 75% of the waste going to the landfill is NOT residential waste... it is industrial, business, and construction. If curbside recycling were to take away half of the residential waste for recycling, that would only be 12.5% of waste that would not go to the landfill. SO ABOUT 87.5% OF THE WASTE STREAM WOULD STILL GO TO THE LANDFILL!! That is not difficult math... why on earth would the city not go after a plan for a redirection of the non-residential waste? That is... pick the low-hanging fruit first! There is no doubt in my mind... this looks like more empire-building in City Hall at our expense. Who's driving this bus??? Council... wake up and get it back on a sensible path... that's what you were elected for!
The City Council has not presented the full cost of curbside eg the costof Materials sorting station $3to 5million if you look at medicine hat Waste Management Strategy on their web site look at curbside recycling project they show citizens the full cost of their MSF and Building & machinery $ 12m plus their council did defer as to expensive. What is ours doing shoe us the true facts.
I like the way this survey is worded.
I'm personally tired of @spearmac and his curbside crusade. We don't want your "Spearman Tubs" Mr Mayor.