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The last comments on Greenyes that repeat outright bogus claims that single stream recycling increases participation explains for me how 58% of the people who voted from Pres. Bush believe that Saddam Hussein was responsible for September 11th -- REPETITION. No matter how many times waste companies like Waste Management repeat that single stream recycling increases participation does not change the facts. Reptition is NOT truth. The proven facts are that it is ONLY the change from 3 or 4 bins to wheeled carts increases participation -- whether that is one or two wheeled carts is immaterial -- NOT single stream. Eureka Recycling conducted a controlled test in St. Paul of a single stream large cart vs. two stream wheeled carts, and they found that the observed effect in increased participation was due to the cart, not single stream simplicity. A summary of their study was reported in Resource Recycling and can be found on Eureka's web site: http://www.eurekarecycling.org/pdfs/ResourceRecyclingArticle.pdf None of the claims to the contrary claiming that single stream, apart from carts, is responsible for higher participation rates have been in controlled tests which is needed to separate the simplicity hypothesis from the cart hypothesis. Those using uncontrolled tests that produce those bogus results know full well what they are doing, are not acting responsibly and are only showing their contempt for our gullability. Similarly, were the issue raised, single stream does NOT reduce costs -- not, in any event, if it is done correctly without overpacking on the truck or unusable throughputs at the MRF. And not if it is separated from a coincident reduction of service and diversion by simultaneously going from weekly to biweekly. There are responsible -- and irresponsible -- reasons to use single stream, but they have NOTHING to do with increasing participation or saving money. It is absolutely critical that the recycling industry become more sophisticated or we'll be led off to slaughter with our acquiescence. Peter _________________________ Peter Anderson, President RECYCLEWORLDS CONSULTING 4513 Vernon Blvd. Suite 15 Madison, WI 53705-4964 Ph: (608) 231-1100 Fax: (608) 233-0011 Cell: (608) 698-1314 eMail: anderson@no.address web: www.recycleworlds.net |
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