Recycling Soon to be Mandatory in San Francisco
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom is proposing a law that would make recycling mandatory in the city. The law would require:
- All landlords to provide adequate recycling and composting for their tenants;
- Businesses that sell items (e.g., takeout food) to allow the public to deposit small amounts of recyclables, compostables and trash in their receptacles;
- Event organizers to site and manage sufficient groups of recycling, composting and trash receptacles;
- If incorrect materials are found in a receptacle (e.g., recyclables in the trash, trash in compostables), the collector shall leave a tag identifying the problem. If incorrect materials continue to be found, the collector can leave a tag and not empty the receptacle;
- Materials accepted in recycling and composting programs to be banned from the landfill transfer station.
Seattle, Philadelphia, and San Diego already have mandatory recycling laws, but SF would the first city to include mandatory composting. The city vows to achieve zero waste by 2020.
Via: Plenty
Recycling over the years has modified my purchasing habits. I rarely buy over packaged products, short useful life articles, unconcentrated laundry soaps etc., because I am reminded by the daily task of sorting and recycling! I compost and use junk mail, torn in shreds for mulch, as well as cardboard. I have a beautiful little garden that feeds me fresh greens, snap beans and squash as thank You from Mother nature for the time I spend caring for her.
I love you Uncle B!
It’s about time! It would be nice if everyone would voluntarily recycle and compost, but that’s not likely to happen until/unless we’re all buried up to our necks in trash.
I thought it was already mandatory to recycle in San Francisco…well..it should be every where! Where I live…they do not even pick up recycables! Can you believe it???
This is a wonderful case of the end justifying the means. Recycling is absolutely necessary. It is a noble effort. That aside, this is just another example of the Fascist State’s slow and inexorable erosion of our rights as individuals. Recognize it for what it is!
It is the responsibility of the individual to behave ethically and morally. The state oversteps it’s mandate when it codifies non-criminal behavior.
The correct approach is to educate, and reward compliant behavior.
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