Burning Recycling

Anyone hear that the recycling in Ft Myers is being burned?

I heard it on Fox News Channel 4, about five nights ago.

It is only the city of Fort Myers, not the surrounding areas.

All recycling in that area for the last year has been burned, not recycled.

I put a call into city public works last week concerning this and my call was returned today.

I was promised that they were going to change their policy as of today.

Thanks goes to various local news channels. Your reporting corrected this problem.

And thanks for the call back from the city.

Here are some links. todays news   http://www.fox4now.com/Global/story.asp?S=12299017

http://www.nbc-2.com/global/story.asp?s=12286082

Here’s whats ironic, The City of Fort Myers puts out a flyers and internet web site that says this:

Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator.

www.cityftmyers.com

I now live outside city limits. I am so glad our recycling has been properly handled all along.

I make a great effort to make sure everything that can be recycled is.

I found out a few tips today.

1.    Containers don’t need to be rinsed out all the way as this will waste water and it is cleaned at facility.
Just rinse them out good enough that they don’t draw insects to your home.
2.    Plastic bags just get caught in the machines, they are not recycled by facility.
You need to take them to local grocery stores.
3.   Styrofoam is not recycled at any facility.

It cost tax payers more money because it takes up time to sort and throw away.

Take peanuts to your local UPS store.

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