Lakewood Progressive?

Brad Hutchison · Post by **Brad Hutchison** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:00 am

http://www.aurora-il.org/neighborhoodst ... ickers.php

http://www.aurora-il.org/neighborhoodst ... ycling.php

They also don't make residents separate their recyclables. I know that makes extra work for someone down the line, but I think the philosophy is sensible: if you want people to recycle, make it as easy as possible for them. Plus, I suppose any extra sorting cost is offset by the revenue from the waste stickers.

Shawn Juris · Post by **Shawn Juris** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:13 am

From what I understand the recycling industry and it is a business is moving toward processing centers. It was described to me that all recycled materials are bagged together then sifted out on a conveyer belt that employed blowers, magnets and sensors to separate different colored glass. Truly "progressive" places like Boulder, CO are probably still 5 years away from having these sites in place. How many years away would Lakewood be?
If we want the image of "clean and safe" wouldn't a processing center like this and city standards to encourage this be included? I really hope that my faith can be restored and that someone is already on this. Based on the number of times that I have seen garbage cans at our parks overflowing with plastic bottles, cans and paper I assume it's not happening any time soon.

Kate McCarthy · Post by **Kate McCarthy** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:46 pm

I can see why some of the other threads were moved but this doesn't seem to be about election 2007. Can it be moved back where it belongs?

dl meckes · Post by **dl meckes** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:57 pm

Sorry - I didn't mean to move this one, too! I'm having a tough time keeping up!

Stephen Eisel · Post by **Stephen Eisel** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:01 pm

Shawn Juris wrote:From what I understand the recycling industry and it is a business is moving toward processing centers. It was described to me that all recycled materials are bagged together then sifted out on a conveyer belt that employed blowers, magnets and sensors to separate different colored glass. Truly "progressive" places like Boulder, CO are probably still 5 years away from having these sites in place. How many years away would Lakewood be?
If we want the image of "clean and safe" wouldn't a processing center like this and city standards to encourage this be included? I really hope that my faith can be restored and that someone is already on this. Based on the number of times that I have seen garbage cans at our parks overflowing with plastic bottles, cans and paper I assume it's not happening any time soon.

I think that Dirty Jobs did a segment from a huge recycling center. The sifting from the conveyer belt looked hard (it was done by hand).