2007.12.17
Recycling data in the news
Recycling data for Virginia localities posted in the DataSphere is getting some interest in the print edition of The Roanoke Times.
Check out Duncan Adams' story on the rates, which has a particular focus on Floyd County's rate of 11 percent. That's well below the state mandated rate of 25 percent. That's from Sunday's paper.
Today's edition brought the opinion of our editorial staff on the rates.
"Virginia cities and counties could do much better. But as long as the state sticks to expectations set nearly 20 years ago, there is little reason for localities to try," it reads.
This is telling my age but what happened to the paper drives? When I was young in NC we saved all our newspapers in a pile and a paper drive was conducted by a charitable non-profit organization. My memory fails me as to who it was. Could the Roanoke Times head-up something like this? Have the Rescue Mission bring the homeless around to pick up paper on the curb to bring in funds. This would save the City. Heck the City could even donate a fraction of what it costs them to pick up recycled material by having non-profits do it as fund-raisers. Just throwing some things out there.
Comment by Valerie — December 29, 2007 @ 10:15 am