Garbage Recycling mandatory or not?
 

I have spend some time today trying to find out if recycling is mandatory in TV, specifically in Sumter County. I have been to all the government and District websites and they make it seem as if it is offered without saying if it is required. We are used to recycling anyway and will continue to do so but my wife gets overly worried about what she puts into the regular garbage since we were subject to fines in our old State if they found recyclables in with the regular trash.

So what is the scoop? Mandatory or not?

Sadly, not.

Thanks. I can tell my wife that she does not have to police the garbage anymore. We are aware of the major items to recycle but sometimes do not remember the ones we rarely have.

Kudos to your wife.
They certainly don't seem to be as stringent about it in Florida as in the rest of North America.
But it's one small thing we can do for our planet.
PLEASE Continue to recycle everything possible.

Since this thread is about recycling I wanted to offer a suggestion to other villagers to help our planet. Please don't discard your junk mail in the trash receptacles at the postal station; take the junk mail home and put it with your other recycling. It is too bad we don't have recycling containers at the postal stations.

Good suggestion. The small things we can do are important.
Everything we do can be significant when multiplied by one million.

Here's a list of what to recycle(see page 2).I taped a copy to my recycle garbage can until I got used to it, since different cities recycle different things. Unfortunately, it's not mandatory in The Villages, but it should be. IMHO.

http://www.districtgov.org/community...dule-combo.pdf

Ditto.

Why aren't there recycling bins at the post station? Oh wait they would have to be as big as a dumpster.

Sadly I see Villagers doing this way too often.

Why not It is a no brainer. Most of all that is put in there is JUNK mail. I am afraid this is a bigger problem than JUNK mail. It is the jobs of thousands of people.

You can take newspaper to the church or the annex on 466. Pop can tabs go to the school ladylake or wildwood pop and beer cans go to the postal station in Summhill for the Lyons club

And would your old state happen to be New Jersey? We lived in Old Bridge in the early 80s when recycling started there. If they saw anything that should have been recycled in your trash they would not take it! We were well trained.

Also true in Randolph, NJ. Not only did NJ start requiring recycling in the '80s, they raised taxes to pay for marketing the recycled items.

Despite rinsing and washing the cat food cans, it cost $300 to get rid of the ant invasion in our house.

In Muskegon, MI, as soon as the recession hit, picking up recycling was the first thing to go. People complained so much they reinstituted it, but only if you paid for it yourself. How earth friendly.

Do not put your credit card solicitations in your recycling. Those things have code numbers on them, and anyone could apply in your name for a credit card. We shred ours.