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== Collecting compost == | == Collecting compost == | ||
Carlisle already operates a compost facility within the Borough. Currently, leaves and yard wastes are accepted on a drop-off basis. Expanding the facility to accept food wastes would be very beneficial to increasing the recycling rate in Carlisle, and in decreasing the amount of green bags that residents need to purchase. Additional items besides food scraps, such as paper products and cardboard contaminated with food residue (ie, pizza boxes), could be composted instead of disposed of in green bags. | Carlisle already operates a compost facility within the Borough. Currently, leaves and yard wastes are accepted on a drop-off basis. Expanding the facility to accept food wastes would be very beneficial to increasing the recycling rate in Carlisle, and in decreasing the amount of green bags that residents need to purchase. Additional items besides food scraps, such as paper products and cardboard contaminated with food residue (ie, pizza boxes), could be composted instead of disposed of in green bags. Collecting compostable items would increase Carlisle's already high recycling rate of 61%, and could easily match or surpass San Francisco's recycling rate (70%, the highest in the country). | ||
== Using Carlisle's small town sense of community to organize == | == Using Carlisle's small town sense of community to organize == | ||
Latest revision as of 18:02, 28 April 2008
Based on our research, we offer the following suggestions for improving Carlisle's recycling program:
Fines for throwing away recyclables
Recycle police like in NYC
Collecting compost
Carlisle already operates a compost facility within the Borough. Currently, leaves and yard wastes are accepted on a drop-off basis. Expanding the facility to accept food wastes would be very beneficial to increasing the recycling rate in Carlisle, and in decreasing the amount of green bags that residents need to purchase. Additional items besides food scraps, such as paper products and cardboard contaminated with food residue (ie, pizza boxes), could be composted instead of disposed of in green bags. Collecting compostable items would increase Carlisle's already high recycling rate of 61%, and could easily match or surpass San Francisco's recycling rate (70%, the highest in the country).
Using Carlisle's small town sense of community to organize
Free and bigger recycling bins
This example is taken from the Delaware program, where the bins are free and much bigger. This would encourage more people to recycle.
