Many cities like New York City do not enforce many rules of recycling like they should. I have ived in many area and I recently moved to queens from the bronx. There is a huge difference between the two cities. in the bronx there is trash thrown all over the floor. There should be patrol men around to enforce these rules of sanatation since it is polluting the air. It is bad enough the city is over populated itself. When it was time fro garbage to come around there would be over 300 garbage bags for one building alone that has only five foors and like 20 recycling bags. What does that tell you?
Living in Astoria, queens sanitation in quick to give out a ticket. They bang the garbage bags on the floor and write a tiket in the quickness of a heart beat. I understand people in the bronx or in brooklyn may not be able to pay for the tickets. But, there should be some typr of enforcement put onto the landlords of these buildings to make sure their teneants recycle. The landlord should at least get a $1000 fine. There needs to be a law mandating them to keep control of their tenants to make sure they are doing the right thing.
Like in projects, there insnt even a seperate semerator to throw out the recycle. This doesnt enforce people to recycle in these projects becasuse everyone in throwing their trash down this one thing. It is plainly wrong considering that there are thousands of tenents all over new york city who live in these buildings. The city needs to change things of this nature.
I think to enforce recycling laws there should be:
1) Landlords get fines if there is not an even amount of trash and recycle. Sanitation should to bang the trash on the floor in other neighborhoods as they do in mines.
2) The city needs to have two seperate garbage disposals in the project buliding instead of one.
3) There should no longer be any more black bags. Garbage should be thrown in clear bags so recycling is more enforced. People d o not shred paper they throw it in the trash ext. This is something that should be done to enforce the recycling laws further.
4) Instead of clear bags for recycling make it the clear blue bags so sanitation does not get confused to pick up the two.
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Its interesting to see places so close behave so diffrently. What do you think you can do to help create that change?
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I believe people can make a change by writing to their cilty councelmen. Many people in the bronx do not speak or write english and they do not come up with ideas as so. They think it is ok for them and its not. During my winter break I want to write to the mayor but I want to put a lot of thought and effort into so he can make a change and maybe have people sign a petition to send to him.
It's interesting to see how other cities promote or ignore recycling.
We have the option of getting recycling bins in Indianapolis. It's an extra $15-25/month, depending on where you live. I've been trying to get it at my house, but people keep telling me they don't cover the area- it's another company. Recycling isn't promoted here.
Indianapolis is underestimated by the local government. Our mayor decided. when he was elected, that we didn't need to make our bus lines any better because "we like our cars." The recycling is limited to places where the majority of the given area wants curb-side recycling. Why? People in Indianapolis don't care or don't want to mess with it. I think it's more that people don't want to or can't afford to pay the recycling charge.
I have heard that a city not far from Indianapolis has started a program to promote recycling. Not only is there easy recycling available, they now charge for each trash bag. I'd like to see that here.
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I can't believe your mayor. I guess he is not educated enough to see that this world is dying and we have to enfrce that change. Everyone cannot afford the luxury of a car. IF so people should but a smart car.
In Florida a huge machine comes and picks the garbage up and weighs it with these big claw things. They charge you to throw out your garbage. This enforces people to recycle because they do not want that bill so high by adding in those extra glass bottles that make a difference. In Florida if you do not pay for your electricity that garbage man will pass buy your house because that is how they charge you its added onto your energy bill.
Thanks I like to hear how other people live in other states it gives me other ideas to write to the mayor about.
He didn't stand on anything when he ran against the Dem mayor that had been in office. The only thing people knew was that we were broke. That was the only thing the new mayor had, but unfortunately, it was enough.
He is selling off some of our small local parks to get money. We used to have separate branches of sheriff and police officers, now it's one group controlled by the mayor.(?!?!?!) The funniest thing the mayor spoke of was making a Chinatown to "get more Asians in Indianapolis." I think he ran for mayor on a dare, a bet, or as a joke.
As far as your car comment goes, you're absolutely right about people not being able to afford a vehicle. I do have two vehicles- a '71 motorcycle (less than $500) and a '99 Grand Vitara that my mom sold to me for $1 when my fuel efficient Corolla was totaled. We can't all afford hybrids or smart cars.
-Sonja :)
"Democracy works only when you vote. When you don't take the time to vote for the candidate you find the least offensive, you run the risk of electing the candidate you find the most offensive."
I can't beleive that people voted for someone like him, that is simply rediculous. Who exactly is he selling these parks too anyway? That is simply crazy? Did he not know how to spend the budget money correctly that is issued to him every year? I guess he was in it for the money.
In New York City the mayor is Bloomberg. He doesn't even except the pay because he is already a millionaire. Bloomberg didn't want the money he only gets paid a dollar a year. I think he's pretty good considering he's enforcing affordable housing, which is highly needed out here.
That china town thing he wants to do, doesn't that need funds? What is he thinking if he's selling parks to get money. I mean let's get real we all know what they really do in "chinatown." IT's a bit crazy.
Does your town go on strikes to go against him?
While I do agree with the idea of fining for littering, I'm not sure fining for not recycling is a good thing (of course, I've never been in an area that requires recycling by law, either). There are too many laws that are written for our own good that I don't think should necessarily be in place period.
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In my area they fine you for not having the appropriate trash in the right place. If you dare to throw trash in front of an officers face you will get a summons for it instead of a fine from sanitation. A fine simple and done you have to pay for, but a summons you have to go to court. Upon arrival you go to a window and they dtermine whether you have to see a judge or pay a fine. This is how things work in New york city.
Fining for recycling is a good thing. This world is so filthy because throwing something on the ground causes pollution. There is no place were garbage is thrown out permantly, it is thrown on a useless island. I have driven by one before and its a shame there are so many paper and bottles everything piled up that should not be there. So many trees died for that paper to get thrown in the trash. I know there are way too many laws but hey if you want to breath better air then go for it!!
How exactly is recycling enforced in your state?
Again, littering (that would be throwing the trash on the ground) should absolutely be fined. Recycling on the other hand, I'm not so sure about.
We don't have any recycling laws. Period. We're encouraged to recycle, but you have to pay for recycling at your house if you want it. Thus, recycling isn't enforced in any way, shape or form. It wouldn't work even if it was, because we're so incredibly spread out and have so many small towns in my state that a state-wide law would be pointless. Far better to let the cities and counties deal with it, rather than the state.
The only things that make sense to be recycled are plastic, glass, and metal. These three things do not break down very easily. Paper does. But, of course, I'm sure you throw away tons of plastic every year, if only from the packaging your foods come in.
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Sanitation comes around and fines the home owner if the recycling objects are not in the right bag. If it happenes to New Yorkers I think it should be done to everyone in every state.
I can't beleive you have to pay for recycle. How is that suppose to encourage people to recycle? It would not encourage me. Maybe depending on the price. It is free in New York City to recycle. The truck comes around once a week. The garbage truck comes around twice a week. If nothing is done properly sanitation will fine you and leave it at the door.
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No offense, but not all of us want to live in a society identical to New York City. It wouldn't work, anyway, because our concerns out here in Colorado are way different from your concerns in a crowded, overgrown city. I mean, we actually have wilderness out here... Heck, even Denver, the largest city in our state, doesn't have the same concerns as you do, and they certainly don't share all concerns with those of us in the rest of the state.
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What are the concerns of your state then? This is why I write these blogs to get an insight of how other states live.
If states don't enforce recycling then Colorado would not have a wilderness. Especially since there are a lot of trees out there. I think you still want frech air to breath and I would also like to breath that air too. I have never visited Colorado considering I do have family out there.
Now that I know the state you live in of course it is different then the city. Recycling should still be enforced everywhere no matter what state you live in. I think it's crazy they charge you to recycle when it is benifiting the enviornment!
One of the primary concerns we have is water rights. That's not a concern for people living on the East Coast (at least, traditionally; with the weather patterns changing, it's becoming a little more of a concern). Also, regardless of your recycling, we would have wilderness here. Why? Because something like 50% of our state is national or state forest land. You have to have a special permit to cut down trees in the national and state forests, and I'm pretty sure you're only allowed to use the wood cut for firewood.
We are among the leaders in solar and wind energy production, though. My university's student body just passed a proposition to put solar panels on various buildings on campus to help with sustainibility. We have a huge wind farm more north of me, and I think we get like 300 days of sunshine a year (which brings us back to the water rights... we only get like 10 inches of precipitation per year; people out East are used to getting like 50).
Recycling is not the only way to help the environment, and I still don't think it should be mandated.
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