THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, July 15, 1996 TAG: 9607120009
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A6 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: 33 lines
I am upset that people are treating recyclables as if they are nuclear waste.
Why is everybody so afraid to put recyclables in their car? Newspapers fit neatly in the blue bin and cause no mess. I do not find it a laboring task to take a few seconds to rinse out a bottle. Bottles can be put in a plastic bag and easily carried to the nearest drop-off site.
It is not like one has to travel across the country to get to a site - they are about as close as the nearest grocery store where you originally bought the things and put them in your car.
So why is everybody complaining about puting this ``trash'' in their car when it has already been there once? After rinsing, the only difference is that the container is empty.
People are just looking for excuses to be lazy and have other people do things for them. Curbside service was a great idea, but I do not see a reason to pay extra money (no matter how small) for a service that is so selective that I still have to go to a drop-off site to recycle all the things not collected (in other words do half of SPSA's job).
It was more of a hassle to me to try to figure out which stuff SPSA would take. I applaud City Council for telling SPSA, if you can't do a job right, then don't do it at all.
It is the people who do not make any effort to recycle who should feel guilty.
CHRIS ROKITSKI
Virginia Beach, July 9, 1996 by CNB