There We Go, Again - Thursday, February 22, 2007

Insanity Is Non-Sane, Or Non-Sense.

The Toronto Star reports ( http://www.thestar.com/News/article/184126 ), "While recyclers chafe at the bit, De Baeremaeker pleads for patience. The city's waste diversion battle is being fought on many front, he says. For the moment, top priority is being given to starting Green Bin collection and driving up recycling rates in high-rise apartment buildings. The big blue recycling carts due next year will give the city more room to focus on bags and foam. But De Baeremaeker also says that he doesn't see the city's primary job as one of providing material for recyclers.".

There you have it: The city is too busy setting up a program to deal with compostable waste to set up a program to deal with plastics.

Let me rephrase that: The city is too busy setting up a program to deal with "things that householders can deal with", to set up a program to deal with "things that householders can't deal with".

Let me rephrase that: The Blue/Green box recycling scheme is now totally off-course. Out-of-whack. A senseless waste of money.

Let me rephrase that: The Blue/Green box recycling scheme is an insane waste of money.

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