November 06, 2003
Taking out the trash.
Literally. After years of waiting (and numerous phone calls to Sunset Scavenger), my neighbourhood finally received its own shipment of the colour-coded recycling bins.
The mandate that San Francisco recycle 50% of its garbage by 2001 is slowly being met; San Francisco city government is patting itself on the back for htting 40%.
The California Integrated Waste Management Act (AB939) required all cities and counties to recycle 50 percent of their waste stream by January 1, 2000.
As part of the agreement the city has with the Altamont Landfill, San Francisco must also recycle as much of its waste as other contributing counties.
Between the two units, we have three curbside recycling bins:
Even if San Francisco and Sunset Scavenger are running late with the project, they're in better shape than Dade County, FL.