Wichitans have a chance to hear candidates for the Sedgwick County Commission address recycling and solid-waste issues at a public forum from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at East Heights United Methodist Church, 4407 E. Douglas.
This is a good opportunity for the public to let candidates know they want changes in the county’s expensive and inefficient trash and recycling system.
Posted by Randy Scholfield
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11 Comments
Thanks the info Randy.
I’ll try to attend. Will you be attending Randy? And the rest of you bloggers?
I can’t wait until Dee Stuart blames our trash problem, because we don’t have a Casino in her town.
I’ll be attending, and will be curious why Randy and a small majority think this is an issue only during the elections. How many letters/emails/phone calls do the county and city leaders receive on a monthly basis regarding trash and/or recycling? How would the public know unless we either called our officials or the Eagle published the information we need to make good decisions? Could it be that the Eagle has the facts, but makes a conscience effort not to publish it? Tell me that it’s not so. I thought the Eagle was an objective source of facts, figures and perspectives. NOT!!!
ID what are the facts that we should know?
Randy (er, I mean Kevin),In order to get a sense of priority, one would think that the Eagle might want to report the facts/figures regarding the number of times our elected officials are contacted by the public concerning trash/recycle. Just because I personally don’t have a problem taking my recycle to Dillons and other locations, doesn’t mean that a thousand other residents wouldn’t rather pay extra for curbside service.In order to get a sense of value, the Eagle might want to report the facts/figures regarding the cost of curbside recycling versus the cost of going to your local Dillons (while on your way to do other business). And, if I didn’t recycle, what is the total energy cost of recycling? In otherwords, does it cost $2/lb for curbside recycling versus $1.50/lb to recycle at Dillons?In order to get a sense of the politics, the Eagle might want to report on the views from both sides of the trash/recycle argument.In order to get a sense of the perspectives, the Eagle might want to report on apples-to-apples comparisons with other cities in our general demographic sphere.This is just simple problem solving 101. Root cause and all that jazz. Kinda takes away the spin when you get down to facts, figures and perspectives. Then I guess what’s fun in that?
ID, I’m guessing that the WE blog traffic count is a reasonable representation of Sedgwick County residents (not scientific, just reasonable). Look at the number of postings for this thread versus the others. I think we have answered your first question regarding priority…LOW.
BTW, I recycle, too. Have never felt a burning desire for curbside recycling.
I do think there are some efficiencies that residence could take advantage of by groups or pods of neighbors using a common pickup point like neighborhood mailboxes, instead of having a trash dumpster at every driveway. That would save us some money, I think. Is that a wacko idea or did my Celestial Seasoning Ginko tea just kick in?
Of course, one of the major problems with recycling is having to pay for it. If it’s worth anything, why should you have to pay to recycle? I deal with recycling on an industrial scale and we get paid for what we recycle.
How about simply instituting “pay-as-you-throw”? Charge for how much trash we put out at the curb. Then if I recycle (by any mechanism) I pay less for trash pickup.
Ben,
I like that… Hell, even if i throw EVERYTHING away, i still dont have a full container in Two Weeks…
if i recycled, i wouldnt fill one in a month!
Win1
Centralized pickups would defiantly be an interesting idea for newer neighborhoods. I bet you would have a hard time selling it in existing neighborhoods. that and “finding” areas to do it. My neighborhood is very old, vintage 60’s.
But, i like that idea…
Tony,And we Americans have a ‘not in my backyard’ mentality. So, who would be the lucky person to volunteer their driveway as the central collection site for a group of homes? Maybe the one who gets their service for free? Don’t know.