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Aloha, Does anyone know of any municipalities or agencies that use professional recycling stations/bins in parks and other public spaces and have them serviced by the public on a first come first served basis instead of paying for contracted services or doing it themselves? If so, have you heard of any problems or issues associated with this approach? Any information or feedback would be appreciated. Our situation on Kauai is such that we have a new redemption law that went into effect Jan 1 2005 and there are many people who collect cans and bottles from the parks, beaches, roadsides, etc. Approximately 8 months ago we installed local hoop wire recycling bins into the parks to encourage "away from home" recycling. The program is successful in terms of the increased convenience of collecting materials for the collectors. However, theft of the bins has been high because many people like to use them for their own personal use. The segment of the population that collect the redemption materials from the bins are usually senior citizens. I know in some states the homeless population is the main collector of this type of recyclable material. The County of Kauai will be installing the recycling stations in three parks where theft of the hoop wire bins has been significant. Initially the County planned to have the professional stations serviced either by a non-profit or a private hauler. This would be very expensive as the bins would have to be monitored almost every other day. The funding for both the stations and the servicing comes in the form of a grant issued by the State DOH on a year to year basis. It would also be very expensive because there is little competition over here. On option would be to service the bins "in-house", but approval is by no means a guarantee. Also, our concern is that the public would perceive the County as being greedy by keeping the money collected from the redemption materials. Because the bottle bill is a new law, the public already feels they are being "cheated" out of their money. If we were to now begin collecting the redemption materials and keeping the money ourselves it might really upset the general public. Mahalo, Diane Diane Rosenkranz Recycling Specialist County of Kauai (808) 241-5112 ph (808) 241-6892 fax drosenkranz@no.address --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GreenYes" group. To post to this group, send email to GreenYes@no.address To unsubscribe from this group, send email to GreenYes-unsubscribe@no.address For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/GreenYes -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- |
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