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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I wish that they would NOT get rid of waste containers at the mail station. I find that the waste containers are a good place to toss things and not litter the beautiful landscape that is an important part of MY happiness and I suspect that of others as well.
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I have never seen Villagers litter. To insinuate that without garbage receptacles at the postal area, Villagers would run rampant littering the landscape is IMHO, far fetched. People genuinely care about their hometown and how it looks. The place garbage receptacles is needed is at the neighborhood pools, in the pool area, where people might be lounging and eating snacks, etc. But if I take a walk up to the postal station, or walk my dog there, why would I need a garbage can? Do I bring garbage with me? I don't think so. Take a look at the containers and see what is in there. Primarily junk mail. And probably dog poop.
When I travel out to Seattle for example, the people there are trained to recycle. In the airport, the garbage containers are separated into bins, and people actually sort their garbage. The Villages is way behind the times when it comes to recycling. If the Villages was progressive thinking and wanted to be proactive as far as recycling, and there was really a concern about littering, the Villages could take a few postal stations, remove the garbage receptacles and do a trial run and see how it goes. I know environmental clubs have been making suggestions for many years, and have gotten shot down by the powers that be. Perhaps when Janet Tuttle's replacement comes in, an opportunity might arise to make the postal stations more environmentally friendly. In the meantime, it saddens me, and many others I'm sure, to see the tons of waste that do not get recycled at the postal stations.