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One of the biggest announcements to come out of Wednesday’s 2010 State of the City Address was Mayor Coleman’s proposal for a comprehensive curbside recycling program targeted at single-family homes throughout Columbus. Coleman stated that the recycling program would be created through a public input process this year and is currently proposing a system that would combine recycling and yard waste on a rotation schedule.
“Recycling is not a luxury. It is a necessity, and as a necessity it should be a basic neighborhood service,” said Mayor Coleman during the State of the City. “We will seek public input over the coming months about the best way to accomplish this goal. But we will start this discussion by putting our initial proposal on the table.”
Additionally, Mayor Coleman released “Green Memo II” (PDF) an updated plan that includes the curbside recycling effort, the creation of a Green Business Incubator, and new low-interest loan and grant programs aimed at assisting businesses with green building renovations and to help incentivize green development and brownfield site cleanup.
“We have made tremendous strides in the greening of Columbus through a mix of city initiatives and by inspiring our community to do better,” said Columbus Environmental Steward Erin Miller in a press release. “Through efforts such as improvement of water quality issues, encouragement of transportation alternatives and reduction of natural resource demand, we are creating an environment and quality of life that will lead to business expansion and job growth.”
More information can be found online at GetGreenColumbus.org.
I’m not too lazy to take my recycling somewhere?
Page 15, Action 3 – green streets! *cracks knuckles*
This is great news for single family homes. As a campus resident, I am wondering if options exist for the many apartments and multi-unit homes in the area?
or how about all the condominium and apartment complexes developed downtown over the past several years?
Yeah, the non-single-family-home thing is definitely a concern. Are the trucks that pick up single-family-home trash cans different than the trucks that pick up dumpsters from apartment complexes? Perhaps they just need addressed in a different way.
Either way, I’m happy that they’re going the public input route for setting up a program. Which means that there should be opportunities for voicing concerns about apartments, condos, and other multi-unit buildings.
This is very good news. Although I take my recycling to a drop-off point, I’m sure there are many people, who because of age, health, etc, may not be able to do that. This program will give them more freedom to recycle.
I don’t mind dropping stuff off. I just wish they accepted more stuff to recycle. I’d love to drop in all numbers of plastics and styrofoams. they should take milk cartons and practically everything. well, that is what I’d like to see happen.
we have Rumpke come by once week in our complex.they take everything.
they have lots of stuff listed on their not accepted lists. here’s the list for plastic
http://www.rumpkerecycling.com/residential/acceptable_materials/plasticbottles.aspx
and here’s the lists for the Columbus program http://www.swaco.org/SmartPeople/ResidentialRecycling.aspx
Not Acceptable Materials
Glass – Ceramics, Window or Drinking Glass, Light Bulbs
Metals- Paint Cans, Coat Hangers, Steel Scraps
Aseptic Containers – Gable-Top Cartons or Paperboard Cartons containing such items as Milk, Juice, Fabric Softener, Egg Substitute Containers, Frozen Food Cartons, Frozen Juice Containers, etc.
wait no drinking glass-does that mean i can’t recycle all my empty 40s? (serious question)
I think “drinking glass” means re-usable glasses that you buy for your home to drink out of. If you happened to break one, or just wanted to get rid of it, they’re generally not recyclable.
I’ve heard that old window glass can have lead, and I think they can’t take that tempered glass that breaks like a car window. Some drinking glasses are made of that, too (had one sponatneously shatter on the counter once).
At the OSU glass blowing shop they accpeted broken glassware from the dormitories, we’d shovel it into the furnace and watch it quickly shatter and melt from the heat.
I live in Upper Arlington and we pay to have our trash picked up. However, recycling doesn’t cost anything so residents are encouraged to recycle more. I hear in the Columbus district trash pick up is free and it costs to recycle…
Only those multi-family dwellings built before a certain time (mid 1970s?) are serviced by Columbus garbage trucks. Those built after that point have to deal with private haulers– so, the tenants in all those new-build apartments/condos need to agitate to their landlords/associations to get recycling.
I don’t get it. Rumpke has so many restrictions including recycling only plastic bottles labeled 1 through 7. No other forms of plastic are accepted. No milk cartons or aseptic juice boxes either.
However Rumpke handles the recycling for the city of Worthington and they do NOT have such restrictions. All plastics 1 through 7 (except Styrofoam) are accepted. Why the double standard?
http://www.worthington.org/services/trash_recycling.cfm#recycling
This is a great discussion about recycling.
The following link is to a list of acceptable items for the curbside recycling service and for the public drop-off boxes. We continually research ways to accept more items in our programs. However, before adding new materials, we must first find a manufacturer/industry/end user who wants the material. Then, we make the necessary adjustments to our processing systems.
The same type of recycling service can be set-up for apartments, condos and businesses. Whoever handles these decisions for the complex should contact Rumpke at 1-888-786-7531.
We invite you to view a video of the recycling process, as it offers perspective about the “whys†and “hows†of recycling.
We also offer free tours of our facilities.
Thank you for recycling.
Interesting the Worthington recycling page used to say “Plastics #1 through #7″ has now been changed to say “Plastic bottles and jugs #1 through #7″. I wonder who did that?