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Curbside Recycling Programs
To set up community curbside recycling, propose the curbside idea to the community official the local recycling program, listening closely to any objections. It helps to come prepared with answers to these objections, by having contacted local major recycling plants. Find out what these recyclers can offer to help the city offset program costs.
Spreading the word with no budget begins with contacting the media for a little free ink and air time. Speak to area churches, community centers and organizations with membership, giving them the necessary details to encourage citizen involvement. Point out that the garbage needs to be hauled to the curb anyway, it can be hauled in a recycling bin as easily as a garbage can.
Cans should be rinsed at the kitchen sink or with a hose to inhibit their attractiveness to bugs. Remove tops (disposing of them separately), place metal lids inside cans, then crush cans to create more space for a larger can count in the recycling bin.
Most curbside recycling services allow other items in the blue recycle bins besides cans (i.e. foil, pie plates, cookie tins). Check with the city and recycling plant for recycling other metal items that may require special handling.
Paid By The Pound
As alternative to curbside recycling, collect cans at home and at work, or through community trash pickup, tossing the cans in a recycling bin or gathering them in a garbage can or trash bag. When the weight of the cans stacks up, the cost of taking them to a private recycler that pays by the pound really pays off.
As with curbside service, clean the cans before crushing and placing them in the collection containers.
Carry the filled containers of cans to local metal recyclers that pay by the pound. Maximizing the number of cans collected in the containers increases the amount of money paid out.