December 18,2016
Boyd A. Loving
Ridgewood NJ, As per signs now posted at the Village of Ridgewood Recycling Center, and regardless of the imprinted resin identification code:
NO cups, plates, utensils, or trays
NO bags, nor Styrofoam
NO produce, deli, bakery containers
NO flower pots, window glass
Gee whiz. Most of us do not visit the recycling center, we put our recycles out on the curb. How were they planning to let us know about these changes?
Wait a minute, so those clear plastic boxes that lettuce come in cannot be recycled? Huh? Why not???
Many bakery items also.
7:28–probably by issuing a summons. Same as leaf collection rules. You issue summons and then people know not to do it again.
So are the garbage men going to be expected to sort through everything to pull out lettuce and pastry boxes?
So my quickly rinsed applesauce jar is likely way more food contaminated than my lettuce box.
No DELI CONTAINERS?? Is this for real? They have the recycle symbol. What are we supposed to do with all those clean clear deli plastic containers and lids that potato salad, macaroni salad, chicken salad, crunchy vegetable salad, etc. came in ? Are they to go in with regular household garbage to the landfill – thought that was illegal !!!
Styrofoam, window glass, and other items listed here have never been accepted. This is not an entirely new list. If we can’t rely on the markings on the bottom of a container to know whether to recycle it or not, how is the average person supposed to get it right? And do the plastic boxes now go in the garbage? Or does curbside recycling have different rules from taking things to the recycling center, like the difference between having and not having to separate newspaper from shiny paper (recycling center yes, curbside not any more)?