JIMMY COUVILLON
The reason to give up on recycling into the Blue Can began sometime back.
The Blue Can got some paper and cardboard that Platt Industries wanted, but most of the stuff put in the can was trash. Platt even hired pickers to pick out the paper/cardboard and sent the rest to the DeSoto Parish landfill, not our city landfill. The question will soon become an issue for city hall.
The issue is becoming about lack of profit. While some city homeowners have been doing their part, too many use the Blue Can as another trash can.
In majority Shreveport citizens care less about recycling. The city years ago recycled yard waste, for free pick up. Not enough people came to get it.
The end result was a big pile of organic material that few wanted. Now we are approaching the same position again. Who wants contaminated cardboard to recycle?
Will the Blue Can become another trash can? Will our water bill be reduced by that $2.50 or be added to the solid waste fee of $7.50?
If recycling continues, it surely can not be called recycling, because nobody wants it.
THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE August 7 ISSUE OF FOCUS SB - THE INQUISITOR.