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[beachbum]

Hello:

We finally got our new 'smart carts' for recycling (we live in Lexington Hills), and we had a few questions:

1) what is happening to our old black garbage cans? I can just imagine the irony if those are thrown away!

2) Is there any requirement that you recycle and use the blue bins? What if someone chooses to throw everything away into their grey can? Do we have 'recycling police' checking our garbage cans to ensure that we are recycling?

Does anyone know?

[Farley]

Hello:

We finally got our new 'smart carts' for recycling (we live in Lexington Hills), and we had a few questions:

1) what is happening to our old black garbage cans?  I can just imagine the irony if those are thrown away!

2) Is there any requirement that you recycle and use the blue bins?  What if someone chooses to throw everything away into their grey can?  Do we have 'recycling police' checking our garbage cans to ensure that we are recycling?

Does anyone know?

You keep your black can for green waste. So you should have ended up with a black can (green waste), gray can (garbage), and blue can (recycle). Yes, they do monitor and will leave you a note if you mix recycle with garbage.

You do not have to accept the new cans, but if you do not accept them, you still pay for them. So might as well get with the program and use all three. We have a large yard, so we have two black cans for green waste. There is no charge for an extra green waste can.

Good luck.

[beachbum]

They took our black can and gave us a grey can for regular garbage. So we have a grey can for garbage, blue for recycle and green for yard waste.

I was curious what they would do if you mix. Good to know that someone is watching. We are actually big recyclers and extremely glad that the new bins are available. I feel sorry, though, for the folks that have to sort through it all!

[Farley]

I have not seen any green cans. The two green waste cans we have are the old black ones with a stick-on label that reads "green waste." All the black cans in our area got the same label on the former black cans.

[MSgt]

Sometimes you have to mix. I filled up my green can and still had some green waste so I threw it in my garbage can. I don't want another green waste can. I barely have room for the three containers I have now. It's not like they are going to go through your garbage. I wouldn’t mix green waste OR garbage into your recyclable though. When I "mix" it will be into our garbage can.

[Chad Vander Veen]

Ay, there be a shiate load o' rules about what be n' be not recyclable too. Screw that, says me, and put whatever plastic n' paper n' glass ye find in yon can o' blue.

[MSgt]

No, not more priates talk! They have escaped from their thread! It is a virus

[nhardy]

Why is everyone's undies all in a bunch over this? What's the big deal? Recycling is a good thing. If anything the new carts make it easier for those of us who do recycle. We don't have to stink up our cars/trucks hauling them to the Walmart parking lot.

It's really not that difficult. Glass/plastic in one, paper in another, garbage in yet another and so on.

AArrrrgh!

[Sandman]

What gets me is the amount of people who complain about not having enough room to store three cans and continue to leave them in the front yard. Having to look at one was bad enough, but now three is taking to to a new level.

I hope the city can pass some kind of ordinance to control this.

We don't live in Rio Linda people!

[benning]

According to people at the City utilities department, they are scheduled to go to the City Council with an ordinance proposal. Don't have any more details other than it states that all cans shall be stored out of sight of the street except on their garbage pick up day, or something to that effect.

[K Rat]

According to people at the City utilities department, they are scheduled to go to the City Council with an ordinance proposal.  Don't have any more details other than it states that all cans shall be stored out of sight of the street except on their garbage pick up day, or something to that effect.

I hope they have a boatload of people to enforce it...driving around this past weekend I noticed these new cans all over the place...people are not putting them out of sight...lazy bums....

[tessieca]

It's a mess, and makes the homes look trashy. I walked less then 1/2 mile on my street today and counted 13 blues, 14 blacks, and 17 greys sitting around in various spots in front yards, driveways and the street (even though our garbage day isn't until Friday). At least put in a piece of lattice folks!!

[bishmasterb]

Does anyone know if they will be forcing Parkway residents (or others whose HOA handles landscaping) to have the green-waste containers?

Sorry, if this has already been answered, but I couldn't find it.

Does anyone want to rent my additional recycling container? Really cheap!

[K Rat]

    Do we have 'recycling police' checking our garbage cans to ensure that we are recycling?

The answer is no, especially if your garbage is in a hefty-type bag and is tied closed. I've been told there is no way they're gonna tear-open bags that are tied closed just to check what's inside...it's just simply not a time-efficient thing...

[kanda]

Does anyone know if they will be forcing Parkway residents (or others whose HOA handles landscaping) to have the green-waste containers?

Sorry, if this has already been answered, but I couldn't find it.

Does anyone want to rent my additional recycling container? Really cheap!

Our HOA handles the front yard landscaping. By default, we did NOT get the greenwaste can (and we pay $1/mo less). But we could have asked for one (and paid the extra $1/mo, of course).

I assume the same is true of any development where the front yard landscaping is handled by the HOA.