Udpdated (Hat tip to Ashley) This movie looks like it would be interesting. Junk is on the brain, what with a provincial election underway, and the latest disappointing news from the City of Regina regarding glass recycling.
The City is going to get a phone call from me complaining about their lack of vision in recycling. We should be moving to curb-side pickup, not requiring people to pay, AND drive their car/truck to the landfill in order to drop off salsa and pickle jars.
The city’s plan to move Regina’s only glass-recycling bin to the landfill site amounts to an abandonment of its glass-recycling program.
The Leader-Post
Published: Wednesday, October 17, 2007It’s unfortunate that the City of Regina has had its “fill” of glass recycling and is closing the bins at three shopping malls.
Expecting consumers to drive out to the landfill northeast of the city to use the only remaining city-run glass recycling depot shatters the first principle of recycling: Make it easy to do.
Recycling is also supposed to be “environmentally friendly” — a label that can’t be applied to a plan forcing people to generate greenhouse gases from their vehicle on a 28-kilometre round-trip from the south end of the city to the landfill to dispose of their glass.
I can’t help but point out that the Sask Liberals proposed to make the City’s bogus plan moot by requiring municipalities to have curb-side pickup of most waste.
SaskParty: search for recycling? Not so much. (At least not yet?)
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KYle | 17-Oct-07 at 11:44 pm | Permalink
Glasses recycling actually takes more energy than making new glass. unless you are reusing the bottles in their same form, such as beer bottles you have an energy loss.
Saskboy | 17-Oct-07 at 11:47 pm | Permalink
Kyle, I was wondering about the economics of it. I heard tonight that aluminum is the most energy consuming container to produce. Glass would presumably be much better since the material doesn’t have to be mined in an expensive way. Why would heating and reshaping existing glass be more energy intensive than heating raw material? Can you explain the physics or chemistry of it please?
Mayor Quimby | 18-Oct-07 at 12:26 am | Permalink
Had Regina not re-elected Pat Fiacco, this would have been done already, and Regina would have curbside recycling.
Sean S. | 18-Oct-07 at 8:46 am | Permalink
Gotta love Saskatchewan cities, party like its 1985!
The last I heard about Saskatoon’s recycling plan (which had public consultation months ago) is that it’s backers are not sure there are enough votes on council to make it pass! Can you friggin believe that! 2007 and potentially 1/2 of our city council isn’t in favour of curbside recycling……someone should start a block voting campaign in the next municipal elections comprised of progressive candidates…..
Miss Cellania | 18-Oct-07 at 12:57 pm | Permalink
The movie does look interesting, but there is no release date on the site! Perhaps it has already been released to DVD, or has it yet been even made?
Saskboy | 18-Oct-07 at 1:19 pm | Permalink
I unfortunately don’t know anything more than what’s on the site.
talk talk talk | 18-Oct-07 at 4:49 pm | Permalink
Be thankful your garbage day hasn’t turned into a convoluted cognitive quagmire that leaves you wondering if you got it right and checking what the neighbours put out before you prayerfully put yours out, a la Toronto’s nutso, crazy, ideological binfest.
Ashley | 18-Oct-07 at 6:31 pm | Permalink
wheres my hat tip?
Paul Decker | 20-Oct-07 at 2:46 am | Permalink
Let’s sum up how the NDP sweeping green plan works. The NDP will loan us our own money, at a low interest rate, to buy stuff we already own. The NDP will tack on an environmental handling fee to recycle electronics as we buy new gear, and that fee is going to be paid the very same people who made the stuff we already bought. Freaking brilliant! NOT!
Saskboy | 20-Oct-07 at 1:20 pm | Permalink
I am not too hard on SWEEPIT.ca because it’s at least something, but I would have insisted on a program that doesn’t let manufacturers continue to produce cruddy products that break, without penalizing them for making junk.
Paul Decker | 22-Oct-07 at 10:32 am | Permalink
Saskboy, we already HAD recycling systems in place. Why do we need the most expensive ewaste system in North America when private enterprise was doing the job without a draw on the public purse? see: http://www.ewastecanada.ca/blog.htm
Might be a real good question to ask the Minister of Environment at one of his campaign stops.
Saskboy | 22-Oct-07 at 11:00 am | Permalink
Paul, not to discount the contribution of the Duncans’ program, but they did not operate province wide like SARCAN does, and now there is better education about recycling options now that the government is involved. I do agree with you that SWEEPIT has serious problems in how it’s constructed, but it is keeping a lot of heavy metals out of our landfills and ground water.