While the city “rolls out” its molasses-speed city-wide recycling program more and more garbage keeps piling up at the local landfills. I took this snapshot at the Tower City RTA station:
Only garbage bins, no recycling available at all. Yet, just up the stairs sits Tower City itself which boasts many recycling bins due to Forest City’s wonderful waste reduction programs. C’mon RTA, get with it!
Perhaps RTA doesn’t feel there’s enough people riding to even bother with recycling? Read my recent post on how to spend an incredibly frustrating and expensive day riding the RTA.
Meanwhile, I will tip my hat to whomever helps organize the garbage service at special events. I noticed recycling bins located next to all the garbage bins at the Cleveland Pride events this year. I also saw these (under utilized and under labeled, but still existent) recycling & garbage stations at the Tall Ships event:
So congratulations, at least these intensely garbage creating events are diverting something from the landfills! This is a major step in the right direction. Listening RTA?
UPDATE: I got the following email from a reader. At least the citizens of the city are active in reducing their waste and increasing recycling, even if some other organizations are not.
Lyndsey Farro did an amazing job managing the recycling at this year’s Taste of Tremont. Aaron Lemieux, who organized all of the garbage and recycling, told us that if she hadn’t set up the recycling, their 40 yd container would have overflowed. Attached is a picture of the diverted waste.
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