New Facebook page urges city council to start recycling program for downtown trash

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   ashevillain January 19, 2013

   It would also be nice if those of us who live in apartment complexes had some way to recycle other than collecting our stuff and taking to the station behind the Asheville Pizza Co on Merrimon.

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   That guy January 19, 2013

   Why? Businesses already pay for their recyclcyling and their are not enough residents to occur the extra cost. They throw their waste on the curb in waynesville and its disgusting. Asheville does more then most city’s but I guess people always want more.

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      snow January 19, 2013

      that guy,
      I think he means for the public not people living downtown. But I would say the logistics seem like a pain in the butt. Doesn’t asheville contract their recycling to curbside? Not sure they would be able to pick up a heavy container like they do for residential customers.

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   Pete January 18, 2013

   The fact that Asheville tries to position itself as an eco-friendly town and in 2013 doesn’t have a downtown recycling program really says a lot about the city leadership and their priorities.

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      yeppers January 18, 2013

      How about citywide compost program? Wood chips program. City-sponsored bike sharing (tourists biking around would cut way down on emissions). Mini-grants and ordinances to help establish neighborhood gardens. Identifying buildings in each neighborhood for freecycle “stores”.

      We should do it all!

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         David Bruce January 19, 2013

         Residential composting is in the works. A small pilot program should start up next year. As of Nov 2012 all of the Cities wood chips, brush and leaves are being composted (at no cost) in a partnership with http://www.dannysdumpter.com and the City of Asheville. Before that, the City was paying a local mulch yard to take all of the brown matter they collected. These cost savings will be directed to the new residential composting program. Recycling is a bone of contention with City Parks & Rec Dept. Roger McGuire Green Park is the example they use to argue that the Downtown of Asheville isn’t ready for recycling. Parks & Rec has commented that the recycling bins in that park are always contaminated with too much trash. One might believe that problem stems from not emptying the trash bins often enough and a apathetic public.

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