I see now that we have the Blue Box program, we are to put waste paper in one box and cans in another. I return all containers that have a deposit attached to the local depot. As for paper and cardboard being biodegradable, I don't see the problem with landfilling it. I now refuse to take plastic bags for my merchandise. However, I've been informed that I have to wash out the cans before putting them in the Blue Box.
Are they nuts?
Do they realize the amount of water that is wasted to give a "clean product" to someone to make profit? It may be all fine and dandy, but if I was on a water meter (I'm not), I would be paying an extra penalty to recycle a bunch of cans. Into the dumpster they would go.
The powers that be must have forgotten it snows here. With limited space on the streets, these boxes are a further impediment to moving around on garbage day. My fear is they will become a series of blue objects scattered over front yards as the winter progresses. Can you imagine an apartment complex with fifty plus apartments with one hundred "curbed" boxes? It becomes absurd to the point of being laughable.
What about the infirm and elderly who have a tough time manipulating their walkers and wheelchairs, never mind fighting a couple of boxes down an elevator or God forbid some stairs. Inclement weather does not respect garbage day and some people have a tough time as it is without the added bother of trying to comply with this.
As a final thought, this may be a so-called "free service", but you can bet somebody is making a major profit in picking up these boxes. Nobody does this for nothing. I'm being paid for my bottles and drink cans, pay me for my collection of newspaper and food cans or you know where they may spend the following eons.
Oh yeah, the boxes would make neat flower boxes, storage bins etc.
George Getty
Prince George
