[Summit] The New GreenUp Requirements

[e2shatter2 at cox.net]

I can't believe all the kvetching that is going on about this. Just do it.
---- Gardner and Company <gardnerandcompany at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> This seems so simple, if people just take the time.  There isn't a week that goes by that we don't put out either the glass or paper container, or both!  Most weeks we don't even put out the "green monstah" and we own a two family.  
> 
> Stop throwing stuff away and recycle.  
> 
> Heck, we even collect the other recyclable items and I take them to Mass where they recycle almost everything.
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 10/29/09, Hope for Health <libertyliterary at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Hope for Health <libertyliterary at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] The New GreenUp Requirements
> To: "James Barfoot" <jimbarfoot at cox.net>
> Cc: "Neighborhood Summit" <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 2:40 PM
> 
> The problem is, you are to be punished for not
> generating enough trash by having your garbage
> not picked up in the weeks you don't put out
> the green bin.  (By the way, we hardly ever
> put the latter out because we avoid plastic
> and re-use glass jars and bottles.
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Liberty G
> 
> --- On Wed, 10/28/09, James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: James Barfoot <jimbarfoot at cox.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Summit] The New GreenUp Requirements
> > To: 
> > Cc: "Neighborhood Summit" <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> > Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 9:07 PM
> > I expect it will make us put out the
> > big Green rolling bin only  
> > whenever we have enough recyclables to put out with them -
> > typically  
> > about every other week. We don't ever fill up the green
> > monster  
> > (apologies to Red Sox fans) in only a week anyway. Putting
> > out empty  
> > bins and leaving them out until the big bin gets emptied
> > doesn't seem  
> > like a good choice to me.
> > On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:51 PM, Hope for Health wrote:
> > 
> > > Good points in the messages below. I think it is sad
> > > that some very well-meaning people(often with good
> > > causes) seem to enjoy taking a punitive,
> > self-righteous
> > > attitude towards "lesser mortals" who don't find it
> > > so easy to be perfect - or just don't want to be
> > > micromanaged.
> > >
> > > Furthermore:
> > >
> > > 1.  Refusing to pick up the trash punishes not
> > > just the homeowner, but all in the neighborhood.
> > >
> > > 2.  This could even result in a child being
> > > bitten by a rat - then suing the city.
> > >
> > > 3.  They might actually win, since picking up
> > > trash is a recognized civic responsibility.
> > >
> > > 4.  In multi-family houses, there is no way
> > > for trash collectors to distinguish between
> > > the "good" tenants, who bring out recycling bins,
> > > and the "evil" ones that don't.  Moreover, it is
> > > likely that fights could ensue between tenants
> > > over this.
> > >
> > > 5.  Finally, what is to prevent those folks
> > > who are annoyed at this requirement from just
> > > choosing to put out empty bins all the time,
> > > and refuse to bother separating their trash?
> > >
> > > I support recycling as much as anyone, but
> > > I don't think this is the way to get it done.
> > >
> > > Blessings,
> > >
> > > Liberty G
> > >
> > > --- On Wed, 10/28/09, Paul Klinkman <psychwarelists at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> From: Paul Klinkman <psychwarelists at yahoo.com>
> > >> Subject: [Summit] The New GreenUp Requirements
> > >> To: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> > >> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 1:21 PM
> > >> We don't take out our bins every week
> > >> either.  Our bottles are either re-used or
> > are clean
> > >> enough to leave around.  We don't get a
> > newspaper so
> > >> our paper load isn't that large.
> > >>
> > >> Who in particular came up with this rule? 
> > It's a
> > >> disaster!
> > >>
> > >> For the record, I was one of the original East
> > Side
> > >> curbside newspaper recycling volunteers in the
> > late
> > >> 1970s.  The state's recycling program got
> > started
> > >> because of Ecology Action for Rhode Island's
> > demonstration
> > >> program.
> > >>
> > >> --Paul Klinkman
> > >>
> > >>> I'm an avid recycler, but I probably only fill
> > my
> > >> recycling bins
> > >>> twice a month.
> > >>
> > >>> My question to everyone is: what is the city
> > trying to
> > >> do
> > >>> by forcing me to put empty bins out every
> > other week??
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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