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Instead of being paid for the materials they have collected from households participating in their recycling programs, municipalities have inexplicably been pay
by portage-in 3y ago
Instead of being paid for the materials they have collected from households participating in their recycling programs, municipalities have inexplicably been paying by the ton to recycle them! One city has stepped up and has put an end to the madness: https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-ptg-council-st-0104-20240103-x4trpjywhfdqbabqclmf2paxfq-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-p...
- JumpCrisscross 3y agoLast time I checked, the only profitably-recyclable materials were metals. Glass barely breaks even, which sortation frequently tips it over the edge. For everything else--from paper to plastics--the Portage story is one of the town socialising the cost of collection and sortation. Not some economic novelty.