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XenaLives

05/30/11 3:46 PM

#110738 RE: ksilva #110737

My point is that citizens would have a strong incentive to do it voluntarily. Why should WM be the middleman between the community and a valuable resource?


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catani

05/30/11 4:30 PM

#110744 RE: ksilva #110737

You don't get fines. The people from the litter service may take samples from time to time and if they find metals or e-waste in your garbage -bin it simply stays. That's your problem then. The system may look complicated but if you get used to it, it is easy to handle.
It is to elaborate to explain it here but it has less to zero to do with a different legislation which btw is in many points very comparable, at least when it comes to public law..

If we had the same uninhabited landmass like the US we would probably be behind the times too.
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Justice37

05/30/11 5:27 PM

#110753 RE: ksilva #110737

You don't have to legislate it to get people to do it. In the Niagara Region of Ontario we are only allowed one bag of garbage, you have to purchase tags to have more bags taken, if you don't purchase the tags then they only take one bag of garbage and leave the rest on the curb. They way you get to one bag a week is by recycling. They won't take grass cuttings now, suggest you mulch your grass. Leaves and other yard waste have to be placed in paper yard waste bags that break down easier in landfill, if you put it in a plastic lawn bag they won't take it. Plastic, glass and metal go in one bin, cardboard in another, paper is to be placed in small plastic bags and plastic bags have to be in a plastic bag. They even take food waste but it has to be in a special bag (only thing I don't do).

What I'm saying is that a municipality can set up rules and if people don't follow them they don't get particular parts of their waste collected. It gets people on board really fast.

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Zardiw

05/30/11 9:06 PM

#110775 RE: ksilva #110737

LMAO:

Legislation is largely counter intuitive to American culture though



US is the most legislated cuntry in the world........See no reason why we can't separate plastics here.....And there's a huge supply from the military that JBII can tap...............z