We received Lexington's Waste Management newsletter in the mail yesterday. As I have stated before, zero waste by 2020 is one of their goals. They are researching ways to accomplish this goal. Lexington does a pretty good job with making recycling easy for people. They also have containers for yard waste which they then turn into mulch and compost. In this newsletter, they were sharing ideas from other cities who are also implementing zero waste initiatives. Here is a sampling of things other cities are currently doing. All of these come from the current Lexington Waste Management newsletter issue.
San Francisco
-mandatory recycling and composting ordinance
-food/organic waste collected and composted
-take out containers must be recyclable or compostable
-"Shop smart" campaign which helps consumers precycle at the store.
New York City
-Establishing neighborhood swap shops to help divert reusuables from landfills.
-ban the collection of grass clippings
Seattle
-working on ways to decrease use of disposable plastic bags
-Work on growing a market for recycled carpet components
Austin
-Provides three different garbage carts for recycling, yard waste and regular trash. Lid on regular trash must be closed and any bags outside of trash can are charged between $4-$8 a bag.
These are all ways to encourage people to recycle, compost and take used things to thrift type stores. Many other cities could do similar programs. What does your city or locality do?
San Francisco
-mandatory recycling and composting ordinance
-food/organic waste collected and composted
-take out containers must be recyclable or compostable
-"Shop smart" campaign which helps consumers precycle at the store.
New York City
-Establishing neighborhood swap shops to help divert reusuables from landfills.
-ban the collection of grass clippings
Seattle
-working on ways to decrease use of disposable plastic bags
-Work on growing a market for recycled carpet components
Austin
-Provides three different garbage carts for recycling, yard waste and regular trash. Lid on regular trash must be closed and any bags outside of trash can are charged between $4-$8 a bag.
These are all ways to encourage people to recycle, compost and take used things to thrift type stores. Many other cities could do similar programs. What does your city or locality do?
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