I’ve always believed this was a sociology dissertation
waiting to happen. I’ve observed a direct correlation between the level
of contamination and distance between trash and recycling containers. At a PGA
golf tournament held here it was clear that beginning with a distance of one
foot between trash and recycling containers the contamination levels rise
noticeably. My instructions are always the trash and recycling containers MUST
be touching. People love to set them on either side of a doorway or path, but even
that guarantees a fairly high level of contamination.
Ann Dorfman
Recycling and Resource Management Consulting
O: 617-244-9321
C: 617-413-4901
F: 617-446-1431
ann_consulting@no.address
From:
GreenYes@no.address [mailto:GreenYes@no.address] On Behalf Of arthur
boone
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:49 PM
To: GreenYes@no.address
Subject: [GreenYes] Proximity of beverage containers' receptacles to
trash cans.
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I have observed in special
events that the percentage of beverage containers in the trash is directly
related to the distance from the trash receptacle to the receptacle for
beverage containers.
Said another way, unless the containers receptacle is right next to the trash
can, it is increasingly less likely that the discarded beverage containers
will end up in the containers receptacle as the distance between the two
receptacles increases. Said yet another way, assigning a place for beverage
container receptacles randomly is foolish and they must be paired with the
trash containers and kept that way.
comments please.
ARBoone
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