Sustainability. "It's the future of Cleveland," Mayor Frank Jackson declared in an interview Tuesday.
As opposed to our old and busted ways of poisoning the rivers and lakes, and importing the zebra mussel, I guess.
Or like allowing First Energy to dump a larger amount of mercury into Lake Erie through paper manipulation of how to measure the mercury discharge at their generating plant.
How about we start with a simple aluminum, glass and plastic recycling program?
OR
How about the state charge a 5-cent deposit on glass bottles and aluminum cans, and 10 cents on plastic bottles?
Really, why not start with something simple and obvious that can generate a few dollars also?
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I am right there with you on this one! I have written in my blog many times about how we need to start with the basics. How can Cleveland really market itself as a green city, without a comprehensive recycling CURBSIDE program (it is only in limited wards in CLE) and I am all about a bottle deposit! http://thegldc.com/blog/2009/06/29/if-they-wont-recycle-make-em-pay/
ReplyDeleteand what about charging for grocery bags?