Comments on: San Francisco Signs Mandatory Recycling & Composting Laws

By: patmonk

patmonk — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:36:36 +0000

THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Any of Newsoms little twitterlings who have been hoodwinked by his slick PR campaign would be well advised to dig a little deeper. A good place to start might be the article “The Two Newsoms” by Steve Jones at SF Bay Guardian. The last thing we need is a second class Schwarzenegger. Dont get fooled again.
Patrick Monk.RN. Noe Valley. EF.

By: SDHO

SDHO — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:41:51 +0000

Revolution Corp,
I don’t know that sorting is practical for modern recycling. It was fine when all you could recycle was soda bottles and the morning newspaper, but with various types, shapes, and colors of plastic, I just don’t think it’s realistic. And I do think — required or not — participation will always be higher if sorting is not required.

scorn,
The landfill is public. Why should you be able to waste perfectly good space with biodegradable or recyclable material? (Or, for that matter, waste the material.) I’m not saying we need to throw people behind bars for throwing out their plastic bottles, but I absolute support mandating recycling.

By: jeanX

jeanX — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:22:08 +0000

I had asked how much fuel is required for trucks to go and collect this material
for composting? Wouldn’t it be better to layer it all out evenly on your own property
or to bring it to some open space?
What wrong with returning glass bottles to stores? Plastic bottles should be forbidden by law.Let me see sf pass a law forbidding anything from being sold in a plastic container.

By: davidwayneosedach

davidwayneosedach — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:06:54 +0000

If this expansive recylcing program is going to work – it will be in San Francisco. Let’s hope it takes off and spreads across the country!

By: scorn

scorn — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:14:48 +0000

I have nothing against people composting and recycling, however I do believe it is outrageous that it is being required. When was government given the right to control what we do with out garbage. I just don’t believe that this is something that should become a law, nor should it be mandatory for people to compost their food. Helping the environment is good, but people should still be given a choice in how they go about doing so.

By: The Revolution Corporation

The Revolution Corporation — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:48:11 +0000

This is *awesome* …

I hope other cities, like Washington, DC will take note & follow the leader!
DC “recycles”, but in some parts of the city the recycling rate is a pitiful 8% & in other parts a weak 28%… And it’s commingled recycling… Are we humans *that* lazy, that we can not even separate???

Camden Council (UK) did a study and found that more energy is used to separate materials after they have been collected than if residents sorted their recyclables.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7523954.stm

By: nessabing

nessabing — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:18:44 +0000

Awesome!!