Citywide Recycling

[carltonplace]

Great idea Gaspar...enjoy some recycled Karma. 

[Gaspar]

Great idea Gaspar...enjoy some recycled Karma. 

Back at ya!

[RecycleMichael]

Your ideas already exists...that proves it must be good.

https://www.recyclebank.com/

I have been talking about it for years. Mayor Taylor is very interested.

[Gaspar]

Your ideas already exists...that proves it must be good.

https://www.recyclebank.com/

I have been talking about it for years. Mayor Taylor is very interested.

Great!

I doubt you would need an outside company to manage it.  I think you could put together a group of businesses, and release a single press release.

A couple days of blabbing on the news and promotion through an insert in the City trash bill, and you would be runnin and gunnin.

Of course an outside company would make it easier, but they would skim an unnecessary percentage I think.

[Gaspar]

Looking at the RecycleBank program, I don't think you would want to burden yourself with measuring quantity using bins with sensors.

I think you would just want to get increased participation across the board.  Perhaps you could evolve the system over time into something like this, but it seems like it would be more expensive and take away the option of flexible promotion of local businesses.

Hey business owners, what do you think?


I'll recycle every day for a couple of Ri-Le spring rolls or 25% off a Jo Mamma's.

Most of these companies already have coupons printed and are looking for ways to distribute them.  I'm not seeing a whole lot of expense in getting this thing started.

[Conan71]

We don't have the ability to go to a large scale composting program overnight. The compost facilty would have to get permitted, etc.

Why anybody throws away grass clippings is beyond me. 

I don't, I've used a mulching mower for years and years.

[SXSW]

Michael, I noticed you're on the task force to study trash pick-up and recycling.  If you could keep us updated on the progress that would be great.  I'd really like to see trash pick-up reduced to one day a week with city-provided polycarts, one for trash and one for recycling.  Maybe even one for yard waste too like they have in Austin.  That and expanded recycling for office towers and apartment complexes within the city.

TW article about the task force: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=334&articleid=20090918_11_A9_MayorK74518&archive=yes

[Wilbur]

Why on Earth do we need to study this AGAIN?  We just got done spending how much money on a study?  Now we're going to spend more time studying?  Either do it or forget it.  Geez.

[carltonplace]

I think its a good idea to look at the recycling options and to try to remove yard waste from the landfills but how many trucks (one trip to pick up recyclables, one for green wastes and one for everything else?) will we need to make that happen and how do we get people to participate?

[RecycleMichael]

I am trying to not discuss recycling as much for a while to help this task force have a chance to make up it's own mind. I have such a dominant personality and feel I know this topic so much that I could get in the way.

It is a good group... I have high hopes.

[Gaspar]

I am trying to not discuss recycling as much for a while to help this task force have a chance to make up it's own mind. I have such a dominant personality and feel I know this topic so much that I could get in the way.

It is a good group... I have high hopes.

I still like the idea of a program that encourages recycling through choice by offering local business discounts and incentives to consumers.  Not only would it spur an increase in recycling, but it would stimulate investment in local business. 

Choice beats force any day!

[custosnox]

I still like the idea of a program that encourages recycling through choice by offering local business discounts and incentives to consumers.  Not only would it spur an increase in recycling, but it would stimulate investment in local business. 

Choice beats force any day!

So then, your against seatbelt laws? (sorry, just instantly came to mind and had to blurt it out, and for the record, I hate mandatory seatbelt laws, even though I always wear mine)

[Gaspar]

So then, your against seatbelt laws? (sorry, just instantly came to mind and had to blurt it out, and for the record, I hate mandatory seatbelt laws, even though I always wear mine)

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

[Conan71]

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

Unless it spontaneously combusts...

[Gaspar]

Unless it spontaneously combusts...

Excellent point.  I'll put it outside.