<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>My impulse is to cut slack for people working that hard for nickels. That is lots of work for little money. Safe to assume they would rather be doing something more useful and remunerative. If they were outright thieves or robbers they would not be busting their humps lugging cans and bottles.</div><div><br></div><div>So this is what the Land of Opportunity has come to.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>On Aug 18, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Anne Diffily wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Most muncipalities receive money for the recyclable cans and bottles collected and turned in to the state recycling center in Johnston. <br><br>So, the only entity really losing out when cans and bottles are taken by non-residents is the city's income stream. Perhaps someone could write or call the woman who has a weekly column in the ProJo, answering questions about the state's recycling program, to get their take on it.<br> <br>This is another reason I've appreciated our switch to large (full-sized tall), wheeled recycling containers with lids that stay closed since we moved to Warwick a few years ago. It seems to discourage "divers" from going through trash bins.<br> <br>Something to raise with the city council?<br><br>Best,<br>Anne<br>Summit emerita<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Harrison, Mary <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mary_harrison@brown.edu">mary_harrison@brown.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Hi, everyone,<br>This may have come up before on the list, but has anyone noticed that there are people who go through the bottle and can recycle bins after they have been put out at the curb? I saw a man with a large trash bag going through my bin a week ago. Several months ago a car was parked at the bus stop across the street from me, and while I was waiting for the bus someone came and added a huge bag full of cans to the bags that were already in the car. <br> I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand I don't want to begrudge some poor person a source of income, but on the other hand I really dislike some stranger rummaging through my "trash". It feels like a violation of my privacy, regardless of whether it's legal or not. I have a feeling that this isn't just some isolated person who is doing this, either, based on the number of bags I saw in the car at the bus stop. Maybe someone has organized a gang of recycle rummagers :-).<br> Has anyone else had this happen to them?<br></font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I don't know how the city feels about this. Do they get money for the recyclables they deliver?</font><br>All the best,<br><font color="#888888">Mary Harrison<br> Hope St. <br clear="all"></font><br> </blockquote></div> _______________________________________________<br>Summit mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Summit@sna.providence.ri.us">Summit@sna.providence.ri.us</a><br>http://mail.sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us<br>SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/</blockquote></div><br></body></html>