"What More Can St. Paul's Do?"
We have found an opportunity to recycle more of the stuff that ends up in the trash cans in areas like the Timothy Lounge, the Main Lounge, the classrooms, and the SPY areas. Kathleen Kennan and the youth will be obtaining, decorating, deploying, and emptying some new containers on a trial basis. We'll see how it goes!
In addition, we encourage all of St. Paul's families to take the recycling issue to heart. There is no room anywhere for more landfills so the pressure is on to keep our stuff out of the exising ones. And stuff you recycle that might eventually float down streams to the river, then the bay, then to the ocean, etc. keeps it out of the Atlantic Ocean garbage patch. That's my name for the closest of several swirling masses of debris in our oceans. You might think you're immune to any effects from these swirling masses except that the fine plastic particles in them are eaten by fish. No problem so far except that these fine plastic particles have an affinity for chemicals. The food chain is complete.
And an update to Article #1 "What Delaware is doing regarding recycling":
By September 15, every "house" in the state that is served by a private trash hauler will be offered recycling capability. You will receive an bill that covers both trash and recycling. This legislation has been a long time in the works and has the support of the trash hauling businesses and the environmental groups. It is a great step forward and I urge you to support it against attempts to dilute it.
Other entities in the state (commercial, government, apartments, businesses, schools. etc.) will start recycling by law at various dates out to about 2014.
And what about yard waste?
The best solution is to leave the grass clippings on the yard. Crunch up your twigs. Then contact your trash hauler for their options. Keep an eye out for public options that may emerge.
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