Re: [GreenYes] Single-stream ergonomics

["Michele Raymond" <michele@raymond.com>]

I have to agree.

The professionals can SWITCH quickly and pull out what HASD A MARKET, and
respond to the changing market.

For example, when the price of PET went WAY up, the COLLECTIONS did not
increase!!! Its not flexible enough to respond to the markets.

We cant put deposits on everything -- but there needs to be
flexibility.

Cheers
michele

At 10:16 AM 4/26/02 -0700, Sharon_Gates@ci.long-beach.ca.us wrote:

> There is another
> important point about single-stream collection that I have not seen
> mentioned in this discussion, and that is the ease of changing the types
> of materials that are collected.  For example, the City of Long
> Beach provides single-stream collection, with residents putting all
> recyclable materials into one bin and collection in a single-compartment
> truck.  At some point, we added mixed paper to the list of materials
> that we accept.  All we needed to do was inform the public that they
> could put their junk mail into their bin -- no new bins, no big
> educational campaign (just a little educational campaign).  The
> first month that we added mixed paper (April 2000), we collected about 26
> tons of the stuff, which is pretty close to the amount we have collected
> monthly ever since. 
>
> This is not to argue for or against single-stream
> collection, merely to raise another issue.
>
> Sharon Gates
> Recycling Specialist
> City of Long Beach, California
> 562/570-4694

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