Citywide Recycling

[custosnox]

Apples and oranges.  Not recycling my newspaper today will not kill me.

I was making the comparison to the fact that seatbelt laws are forced, and the use of seatbelts have increased dramatically since the inception of such. While I think force isn't the answer to problems, you can't deny the effect.

[cannon_fodder]

/didn't read the entire thread.

Tulsa is in  a very small minority of cities with either twice a week trash pickup OR non-restricted trash pickup.  Every city I've lived in (other than Tulsa) has had once a week trash pickup.  Every city I can think of too.  Every city I have lived in has had SOME restriction on trash:  recycling, number of cans, yard waste.  SOMETHING.

In Tulsa, you could put out 10 cans of trash, 4 trees, 8 bags of leaves, 14 lbs of aluminum, and a half ton of newspaper on your first trash pickup on your first day of pickup, and repeat it for your second.  That's insane.  The only real benefit is if you forget trash pickup and remember it when you are getting ready for bed - you don't have to put it out that day.

Really, a family doesn't need more than 2 trash cans 85% of the time.  One of those large mechanized pickup tubs is more than 2 regular garbage cans.    Then toss in a "special pickup" every now and then for yard waste or whatever for the other 15% of waste.   If nearly every other city in the nation can do it, so can we.  I'm tired of being behind the curve on common sense issues.

To save money, reduce emissions, AND add recycling in exchange for once a week trash pickup should be a no brainer.