THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, May 4, 1996 TAG: 9605040008
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A10 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 34 lines
We may, as Mayor Meyera Oberndorf so kindly put it, be wedded to our blue recycling bins. However, since those neat blue bins allow the majority of Virginia Beach residents to help our environment by making it easier to recycle, shouldn't our City Council ask citizens whether they would want to pay a measly $1 a month for that convenience? Without even blinking, I for one would. A $1 a month fee is more than reasonable for the convenience of curbside recycling.
My life is too busy to even consider loading recyclables into my truck, then driving the three or four miles to my nearest recycling center, waiting in line (after all, everyone else would most likely be going on Saturdays, too), and then unloading everything into the correct bins. If the council thinks that citizens will participate as strongly in recycling this way, it is fooling itself.
The City Council should reconsider its position so that Virginia Beach would not be taking one giant step backward. Citizens who do not agree with the council's decision should write council members, and/or City Hall.
Why should Virginia Beach be the only city in South Hampton Roads to not have curbside recycling?
KATHY M. SEMAR
Virginia Beach, April 29, 1996 by CNB