Editor:
Consider the following scenario. My garbage collector just picked up my three cans of garbage. It used to be one can, not always full.
My community discontinued the recycling program. Now all my paper, cans, bottles and plastic goes in the garbage. At the end of the street the truck is full. The driver leaves to travel 100 miles to the next state because the local landfill is full. After unloading, he drives 100 miles back to pick up on the next street.
I start to pay bills and open the bill from the disposal company. I quickly call for an explanation. They explain the reason my bill has doubled is because expenses have increased. They make more trips because everyone is putting out more garbage.
Now consider another scenario. Our local junior high students made an appeal for our community to “go green.”
The residents of our small town agree it would be better to pay a small fee for recycling than to have see garbage pick-up fees increase.
We also will be helping the environment and the landfill will not fill so quickly. Instead of throwing away our paper we will recycle and save trees — after all trees give us oxygen.
Let’s do the right thing for the environment and listen to our youth. Save the earth for them to grow up in and raise their families. Wouldn’t it be better to pay a few dollars a month for recycling than to pay more for garbage disposal? Go to recycledproducts.com, click on “products list” and you will see all the products made out of your recyclables.
Helen Roberts
Oakwood
