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26 <br />Kim Moore -Sykes <br />From: <br />Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 6:28 PM <br />To: recycling <br />Subject: Single Sort Recycling is Great <br />I am writing to give our household's furl. support for the continuation of the single -sort <br />recycling program in St. Anthony. <br />The thought that our new single -sort recycling program could go away is a confusing <br />proposition to our household. Why would someone actually choose to sort their recycling <br />when you can easily put it all together In one bin without wasting time sorting and <br />carrying out more than one container? It baffles me that this could only be a test <br />program - I hope it is a permanent program in our. neighborhood - and city-wide. <br />We moved here from the San Francisco Bay Area, an area with one of the highest percentage <br />of recycling contributions In the country, and were not given the 'choice' of single sort, <br />our town implemented it knowing it; had multiple positive outcomes for our community: <br />-Recycling materials would no longer wash down the street drains In rain storms or blow <br />all over the neighborhood when .it was windy. <br />-Recycling participation would increase because busy people would no longer have to sort <br />th.i.er materials and decide they didn't have time to participate; people could easily toss <br />al_lrecyclables in the same container. <br />-Garbage cans In California are small. - people pay a lot for garbage pickup and would <br />rather choose to throw a.l.l recyclable materialin a large (no charge) bin, than pay more <br />for garbage service. <br />-No more walking out mul.t.i.ple bags and containers of: recycl.abl.es to the curb - what a pain <br />when it is -10 degrees in MN! We love only having one recycling bin - in fact we asked <br />for a larger one. We consistently have a ratio of about h to 1. (recyclables to garbage). <br />-It; is a benefit to only need one bin - it beautifies the neighborhood by giving a uniform <br />look to the recycling containers, and reduces the amount of. 'clutter' around properti.es. <br />In addition, a closed plastic bin looks much better than multiple over -stacked bins, or <br />grocery bags laying around the. alley. <br />:I: can not think of any reason not to continue the single -sort recycling program; it Is <br />easy, it is quick, and it benefits us all. by getting more recycleable materials out of our <br />Landfills and back into a second useful life in our communities and our. cities. <br />Thank you in advance for choosing to continue this wonderful. program <br />DeAnn qllISCand Kurt '411111101ibL <br />1 <br />