Clean Out Your Closets Now: Calgary May Limit Garbage
May 19th, 2007 posted by WeekendWarriorIf the site of piled high garbage on trash day has your ire, then the city’s direction for trash reduction may be up your alley. Come 2009, Calgary residents are going to have to think twice about their garbage. The city is discussing the idea of limiting the amount of trash and charging residents for their refuse.
“It will enable people who are good recyclers to get a reduction off the amount they pay for garbage,” said Ald. Madeleine King.
She’s in favor of placing a limit on the amount of trash.
Ald. Druh Farrell concurred with the idea of making it “more difficult to discard copious amounts of waste.”
The idea comes in tandem with the 2009 charge of $8 month for recycling bins.
The city wants to further study the idea of limiting trash, or at least charging a per bag rate.
Ald. Ric McIver doesn’t agree with spending the case for a study. “It’s the carrot and the stick all in one. There is no study needed — it works everywhere. That’s so lame, honestly. It wouldn’t hurt us to take some action.”
This program is a result from the upheaval created by a proposal that would have cost residents $21 per month.
The new plan addresses part of the issue of trash reduction by encouraging the recycling of glass, paper, aluminum; the cost per bag issues has not yet been endorsed. You can expect to see the recycling bins in January 2009. It may be a good time to clean out your attic, closets, and other clutter collecting areas before trash limits become a reality.
Or even better try to sell your old stuff, there are plenty of free classifieds available on the net.
SOURCE: Calgary Herald
May 23rd, 2007 at 5:47 pm
bagtags—-in ontario they started giving 2 free bags a week then cut it to 1 then 0 then people started droping off garbage on roadside and parking lots at knight. the recycling and road side pick up is a good idea and we dont recycle neer as much bucause we have to save it and then transport it we are a family of 6 and throw out 3 bags a week .we have 4 kids a cat a dog 6 hamsters and fish .so fight the bag tag but push for reclcling ! Also bottle recycling is great here thanks.
June 13th, 2007 at 9:04 am
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