Expecting more trash than usual this month? Use Pay Bags. What and how to recycle. Learn and watch the video on recycling. Put these in the blue cart: Cans should be rinsed,but labels can be left on. Paper and cardboard must be clean and dry. Glass containers should be rinsed, but labels can be left on. All colors are accepted. Plastic should be rinsed but leave the caps on afterward, and containers must be hard plastic. Plastic bags or film are not accepted. This is not an exhaustive list of items that should not be recycled.
If you are still unsure, dispose of items in the brown garbage cart instead of attempting to recycle them. Remember: When in doubt, throw it out! Contact the Customer Call Center at fortworthtexas. Customer Service For questions or to report an issue by phone: The call center is open 7 a. Assistant Director: Robert Smouse. Educational Materials. Back to top. Cans should be rinsed,but labels can be left on. No plastic bags.
These can be returned to the retail store or recycled at the drop-off stations. No garbage. Do not bag your recyclables. Nothing that can tangle easily. The more bags you buy and use, the higher your cost — a great incentive to control household waste and grow your recycling. You have to always remind yourself that we are paying it forward for generations who have not even been born yet.
The city provides free recycling for residents and makes it easy for them to do. While the idea may seem novel, proponents point out that this is a utility service like water and electricity, which people pay for based on usage. PAYT systems, which can be based on variable rates for different-size trash containers, or which allow residents to tag their own bags with special stickers, have made big inroads around the country in recent years.
As a caveat, Reed cautions that when signing up for their initial trash service, residents may choose the wrong size bin, which in Wilmington's case forced them to switch a lot of carts. We've also enjoyed some recycling revenues. However, Athens had to educate its residents as the city switched from charging them from a full tax base to a user fee over 18 months. After four or five direct mail flyers, a lot of media coverage and public service announcements, they began adjusting to the idea. During the month switch, the finance department began deducting small amounts from the tax bill and began adding the extra charges to the water bill.
The progression took about one year, and the charge remained on the utility bill for about a year. After another six months, the city began charging a user fee, then deducting the same amount from the tax bill. Since the program began, Dickerson says the number of items residents can recycle has gone up. Our participation rate in was up to 69 percent," she says. We've also seen a 48 percent reduction of household trash.
Dickerson also predicts residents are buying more frugally, composting and using garbage disposals. Looking forward, Athens-Clark's solid waste department has targeted electronics recycling, office materials and other types of waste.
Athens has lot of festivals, football and sports game events, and we're trying to implement a strong recycling system for the materials they use. If residents live in a tax-structured community, they likely think recycling as well as waste collection is free, he says. However, because PAYT communities pay for everything they dispose, there is an incentive to put out as little trash as possible.
Previously with the U. City fathers then asked us to take a look at the trash system to see if we could make improvements. In , after eight months of volunteers investigating other community trash systems, the city's PAYT program officially began. As happens with most PAYT programs, recycling went up and trash collected went down. As opposed to the 15 percent recycling average in , we increased to a When you look at the overall average, we collect more than pounds more per household than the national averages.
This tells you PAYT is a tremendous incentive to recycle. Poquoson elected to go with a gallon bag system. Businesses don't share in the profits of bag sales but do it as a community service with revenues from bag sales going to the city.
The city uses these funds to pay for trash pickup, disposal and the recycling program. I've timed them and find that it only takes eight seconds from the time he stops, grabs the trash bag, throws it into the truck and drives away," Kerlinger says. Taking into account the benefits of increased recyclables and income, as well as reduced waste, labor and time, "PAYT is the most efficient way to pick up trash," he says. The U. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.
Environmental Sustainability: Communities with PAYT programs have reported significant increases in recycling and reductions in waste, primarily due to the waste reduction incentive.
Less waste and more recycling means fewer natural resources need to be extracted, Additionally, greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing, distributing, using and disposing of its remains are reduced through recycling and waste reduction.
Economic Sustainability: PAYT helps communities struggling to cope with soaring municipal solid waste management expenses. They can generate revenues to cover solid waste costs, including costs for recycling and composting. Residents also benefit because they can control their trash bills.
Equity: When trash management costs are hidden in taxes or charged at a flat rate, residents who recycle and prevent waste subsidize their neighbors' wastefulness. Under PAYT, residents only pay for what they throw away.
The PAYT office also helps connect communities so people can learn what works in other areas of the country.
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