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Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer
I just finished my long bike ride. Today is trash and recycleables day. I am alarmed how many people put their used newspapers in the trash pick up recycles rather than donatin them to a church charity. Let me explain my thinking, we have a private trash pick up company that also picks up recylceables. We pay these folks for their work and allow them to make money for their efforts. They do little for us, not even furnishing the required clear special plastic bags as many companies do. On the other hand there are numerous Churches in the Villages who maintain used newspaper collection bins, these being only for newspapers etc. These Church Charities sell the newspapers and the money received goes DIRECTLY to those less fortunate than we. It only makes sense to me what we all should be doing with our used newspapers.  . |
Maybe it's because for years, in other states, groups stopped doing it because there was/is little or no money in it.
"Though the total amount raised had yet to be evaluated as of presstime, the February prices were $60 per ton of paper, and $80 per ton of cardboard, according to Kim Anderson, sophomore class advisor."
Recycling fundraisers have their pros and cons