Here in our little village, I feel like we're living in a time warp of 20 years ago.
A few weeks ago I decided to try to find a new trash company with the idea of:
1. saving a bit of money
2. having our recyclable materials collected instead of going into the landfill
I called every company in town, including the one I currently have service with.
Keep in mind that where we lived before the recycle pick up was part of the weekly trash collection at no extra charge. They didn't need to charge extra, the materials were being sold to companies that actually used the materials in new products.
They took paper (including junk mail and magazines), glass, metal, aluminum, and plastic (ALL kinds of plastic), you were told to pile yard waste (tree trimming, grass clippings, etc) in a specific place in the street and they came by, scooped them up and they were recycled too. And the local stores there encouraged you to bring in your own bags (in fact now in that area they charge you if you want a bag from them).
Anyway, here was the conversation with one of the local companies:
Me: I'd like some information about your recycling service.
Company: We pick up recycle items every other week; it costs an extra $3.25 a month.
Me: What kind of materials do you pick up?
Company: newspapers, aluminum cans and plastic marked 2 and 7
Me: What about glass or magazines?
Company: No, we can't handle those
Me: So do you bring out bins for things to be sorted?
Company: No, you just sort your stuff into the plastic bags you get groceries in
Me: I don't get plastic bags
Company: Well, you could use the paper ones I guess
Me: I don't get paper bags
Company: How do you bring your groceries home?
Me: In cloth bags that I carry in with me and reuse over and over
Company: Well, we have to have the stuff sorted into bags
Me: So do you recycle those too?
Company: I don't think so
Me: Never mind
It’s enough to have me mumbling and swearing I can tell ya!
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