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By CitiJoe (anonymous) | Posted November 29, 2007 at 02:33:07
But Hamilton (City) is not the best at recycling. Other municipalities recycle more things in their blue, gray, & green bins than Hamilton does.
Until Hamilton makes better decisions & decides to bring more things into it's re-cycling programs, I don't think it should restrict it's limit to one bag.
Several things that come to mind are plastic plant pots from nurseries. These pots carry the symbol as re-cyclables, but Hamilton will not take them. -? Perhaps they should force local nurseries to pot all plants in peat or other organic containers? Is it my job to try & enforce this?
Another item is pet waste. Toronto will take pet waste in the green bin, Hamilton will not. How many 1000's of homes have pets or multiple pets in the GHA? We pay to license them, & we pick up after them. The parks don't want us to leave our bags of pet waste in the park garbage containers, & request that we take it 'home'. (Many parks do not empty garbage containers during the winter months, which makes no sense to me. Parks are used year round.)
In speaking with GHA several times, they simply refuse to acknowlege the existence of pet waste at all. It's just one of many things that are not covered in their Great Plan. I was advised to: A) 'Flush it down the toilet'
? Water health hazard? B) 'Bury it in the yard.' ? General health hazard?
Personal paper items such as diapers, & womens' personal items cannot be recycled. Used kleenex can. Why is that? People with young children are given a break on the number of garbage bags allowed, but adults using Depends etc. are not. (Adults also don't have the option of getting a diaper service.)
Cutting down waste is a good idea. I spend many hours a week sorting garbage & compost. I bag & compost my plant material too. I do not compost decidous leaves here because they have 'tar spot' a fungal disease which may not die in a composter. Are paper brown bags spreading tar spot to more trees? Can the paper waste bags spread pine beetles, coddling moths, fungus' & other pests?
If your neighbour choses to opt out of any & all recycling, he/she can do that. It isn't mandatory. Ask city hall about that. So if you chose to recycle, you can be fined for having more than 1 garbage bag in spite of your other efforts. If you chose not to do any recycling -No Problem. Just drag mass quantities off to the dump in a trailer or 2, pay the bill, & City Hall doesn't care.
Lastly, are the Big Polluters being held to the same standards as the home owner? Do large office complexes, high rises & condos, & major industrial polluters being held to these same standards? Who puts more waste into the GHA landfills? Who puts more hazardous waste into the land fills? How much do they pay to do that?
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