[Grovenet] Plastic recycling news

[Ed Davie]

Something not right here. We're paying $19.00/mo 
for WM!
Ed
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ron D'Eau Claire
  To: 'Forest Grove local interests list'
  Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 7:49 AM
  Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Plastic recycling news


  It begs the question; why doesn't WM just take 
all plastics since the
  options are recycle or landfill, both of which 
WM handles?

  Here in the Newport area that's how our local 
waste handlers do it. The
  general rule is that if it isn't something that 
will start to smell in two
  days, put it in the recycle bin.

  And, interestingly, they provide us with that 
"extended" service for all
  potential recyclables with the same weekly sort 
of curbside service you get,
  but our service costs a total of $17.40 a month 
compared to WM's bill of
  $62/month!

  To be fair, our local service (Thompson's 
Sanitary Service) does not offer
  extra containers for yard debris at that price. 
One either fits whatever
  they want hauled into the "garbage" bin headed 
for the landfill or has an
  extra pickup arranged. Of course, around here 
most of that stuff is chipped,
  mulched or composted and the remainder burned. 
But $44/month for a yard
  waste bin? That's sounds a bit "over the top"!

  Ron D'Eau Claire

  -----Original Message-----
  From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com 
[mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
  Behalf Of Geri
  Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 7:25 AM
  To: Forest Grove local interests list
  Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Plastic recycling news


  Katie, thanks much for passing on this info. 
We've been
  happy with the improvements and additional items 
WM
  has been taking for recycling, but there is 
always the
  rest of those things we don't want to go 
straight into a
  land fill . . .

  : )  Geri

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Katie Allnutt" <allnutt at verizon.net>
  To: "Forest Grove local interests list" 
<grovenet at rdrop.com>
  Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 7:15 AM
  Subject: [Grovenet] Plastic recycling news


  Interesting stuff about what when and where to 
recycle plastics....

  Begin forwarded message:  ...................



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