RECYCLUTION!!!!! WTH?

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RECYCLUTION!!!!! WTH?

Agreed. What the ...a rap song? This is a new low.

how about 'birthcontrolution'? or 'gaycylonition'?

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how about 'birthcontrolution'? or 'gaycylonition'?

LOVE IT !!!!!

What a TOTAL WASTE of tax dollars.....but WHAT can we expect from the tax and spend dems???????????

First of all, trash is supposed to be put in CLEAR trash bags, which people do not do now and the city picks it up anyway, the city does not penalize anyone for disobeying the rules.  The intent of the clear bags was to see if there was recyclable stuff in the trash.  

In the city people have ALWAYS had to furnish their own trash cans and they were supposed to have one with a label for paper stuff and one that was for the cans, plastic, bottle things.  The city provided the labels which were big.  And the cans were supposed to have covers on them.  And then, regular trash was not only to be in clear bags but also placed in covered cans.

But in the city, probably more than 90% ignore the rules, the city does not crack down on it anyway, no penalties (revenue generator).  People are provided calendars, they don't pay attention to them.  

The people who are the offenders, the "law breakers" of the trash rules are people who most likely don't watch TV or listen to the radio, I mean not local commericals.  I can't imagine the city paying to have a rap song commercial on BET channel for example.  And radio?  Come on, most people have their own dl'd music to listen to.

The offenders are often people who couldn't give a sh*t anyway.  How many DECADES has Joe Allen been trying to do something about people who merely store their trash cans in front of the house?  

But wasting tax money giving it to for-profit businesses to play rap songs that people won't hear is supposed to help?  

Don't make me laugh

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SCHENECTADY
City gets hip with recycling promotion
BY KATHLEEN MOORE Gazette Reporter
Reach Gazette reporter Kathleen Moore at 395-3120 or moore@dailygazette.com.

    The city is turning to hip hop in an attempt to get residents to recycle.
    As rap music blared in the City Hall rotunda, city officials kicked off their new “recyclution” effort, passing out recycling pamphlets and setting up displays of paper and container recycling that they hoped would visually answer many of the common questions.
    No, you don’t have to take off labels on bottles. Yes, you can mix cardboard, newspaper and offi ce paper. But whatever you do, your containers must be clearly marked: yellow stickers for bottles and cans, blue stickers for paper.
    The city’s recycling rate currently hovers between 7 and 8 percent, Commissioner of General Services Carl Olsen said.
    When the city started its recycling program in 1992, residents set aside 25 percent of their waste for recycling.
    “Shame on us,” he said, taking responsibility for the decrease. “We didn’t reinforce the educational information regularly. This is a transient population. A lot of people never got their hands on the information.” ......................>>>>...............>>>>...............................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01202&AppName=1

You know - as someone who recycles quite a bit, I was interested in seeing the new flyer.

Unfortunately - as best I can tell, neither the official Schenectady website has it, nor a link from the waste department twitter.  (Which I had to search manually on twitter for - since I could find no link to it from the Schenectady website)

Now maybe I missed it somewhere...  But if I didn't, and they are having all this pomp & Fanfare without it being available to the rest of the public immediately....  Well to me that is just a massive wasted opportunity.

Real trash doesn't translate well on the NET,,,,unless it's scooped up in a Tsunami and placed in the front yard of one's home

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SCHENECTADY
Recycling promotion gets results
More paper collected in targeted neighborhoods
BY KATHLEEN MOORE Gazette Reporter

The city’s new “recyclution” campaign appears to be working. Schenectady targeted 2,000 residents in Mont Pleasant and Bellevue in hopes of proving that a coordinated campaign could lead to a dramatic increase in recycling.
And it has, to the tune of a ton of paper recycling every week, a city offi cial said.
The campaign began with city officials rewriting the multi-page recycling pamphlet, which many considered confusing.
    Then supervisors followed recycling collectors on their routes, trying to find out why so few residents recycle.
    The most common problem: people put out paper recycling without a cover, leaving it to get sodden and ruined in the rain. Trash collectors have to throw it away in that case.
    Also, residents routinely put out cardboard boxes for recycling, but left them full of Styrofoam, packing peanuts and plastic. Those items must be placed with the trash, leaving only the cardboard for the recyclers.
    The city’s advertising campaign highlighted those mistakes. And it got a big response.
    In the targeted areas of Mont Pleasant and Bellevue, residents recycled a ton more paper each week in May, Solid Waste Supervisor William Macejka said. .......................>>>>...........................>>>>..............http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00901&AppName=1

Renaissance! Working together works! The DEMS are waste experts. They have been wasting tax money for 35 straight years during their death grip on City Hall. Most people understand that paper goes in a paper bin without the idiot brochere. They are so desperate for any positive news this nonsense makes the Gazetto. Here's a plan-stop dumping trash in Central NY wasting gas and exploding costs. Work together to find a County solution to County waste.

I think this was actually a good idea.

The new brochure changes a few things...

1)  You no longer have to remove labels from cans and jars.  That hassle MAY have prevented some people from bothering.
2)  No mention of putting magazines and junk mail in separate supermarket paper bags, before you put them in the paper container.  (yeah you know - the bags that no longer are given out by supermarkets)

This brochure is a big improvement over the last one.

Why the hell is the city doing this??????   What a WASTE of valueable taxppayer dollars!!!!!!!!!!

The city has LONG LONG had rules for recyling and trash collection.

People have LONG LONG  been required to separate trash, the typical glass bottles, the plastics, the cans etc in one garbage can with a sticker provided by the city and the can was to be at the curb with the sticker facing the street.   A separate trash can is has LONG LONG been mandated for paper products, again, with a sticker provided by the city.   BOTH of these above were to be in a trash can WITH A LID/COVER

Trash was required to be in CLEAR trash bags and placed in cans with lids/cover  

At NO TIME was trash allowed in green or white bags and just placed on the ground.   AT NO TIME was trash to be just placed loosely in the can.

Trash is supposed to be placed out at the curb no early than some hour (check city website).  Lids ALWAYS on the can.

And things like furniture, e.g. mattress for example, I believe I am correct, all the fabric and stuffing is supposed to be removed and separated from the springs.   Doors for appliances are required to be removed.   Carpeting is supposed to be rolled up and tied with a rope and no larger than maybe 3ft long.  

And I'm sure if anyone were to call the city, you'll find out I'm correct.

So, enforcement of the rules??    Uh, not done.   Why not?   It costs money for code enforcement.   Whre is the money going????   Instead of spending the taxpayers money on VITAL ESSENTIAL NECESSARY city services to the people who pay for the taxes, the dems take the money and cut the services, don't bother with the code enforcement, and they give away the taxpayers money to the politically connected millionaires downtown, and open goverment funded gin mills, hair salons, theaters, etc.   And NONE, NOT ONE of these downtown projects has provided any increase in property values, it has NOT resulted in crime going down, it has NOT resulted in peoples taxes going down, it has NOT resulted in a better city at all.

The mis-use of taxpayer dollars  on stupid UNCESSARY downtown stuff has resulted in the cutting of NECESSARY services to the taxapyers

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SCHENECTADY
City’s recycling costs rise
New state law adds electronics
BY KATHLEEN MOORE Gazette Reporter
Reach Gazette reporter Kathleen Moore at 395-3120 or moore@dailygazette.com.

    A new state requirement has increased Schenectady’s recycling by 3 tons a week.
    But the change is actually costing the city more.
    On Jan. 1, city workers started picking up electronics — televisions, printers, computers and the like — under a new state law. The change came without fanfare, so residents didn’t know that they should separate electronics from their regular trash.
    But workers found many electronics anyway because they were often left on the curb, next to the garbage, Commissioner of General Services Carl Olsen said.
    And that’s all that residents need to do. They should simply set their electronics next to their garbage can — they don’t need a specially labeled container.
    The change is saving the city $210 a week in disposal costs, but that has been far outweighed by the cost of picking up the items.
    The city saves $70 for every ton that gets recycled instead of going to a landfill. However, the city has to run a separate truck to pick up the electronics, which costs roughly $35 an hour, Olsen said.
    By recycling three tons a week, the city saves $210 — but it spends up to $1,400 to do it.
    There’s also the cost of the driver — about $35,000 a year, plus benefits — but Olsen didn’t add an employee. He reassigned a worker instead.
    “If we didn’t have that [worker], this could get expensive,” he said. “But we are certainly adding to our recycling tonnage.” .........................>>>>......................>>>>>......................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01002&AppName=1

These articles are just full of gems.  $35 an hour, salary and benefits.  The recycling truck already goes around.  These electronics aren't that big.  Those that are big could go on the appliance truck.

Maybe the city could use the mini landfills the residents have along 890 to lower costs.  Great thing to look at as you exit and enter the city.  

So many low hanging fruit problems the mayor could address to improve the city.  Stray garbage, mini dumps and graffiti.  I think SURA owns a bunch of these properties along 890 and they don't clean up.