Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

Over the past several months, as I have been talking to people about curbside recycling and unit based pricing programs that help reduce the amount of trash we dump into our landfills, I`ve been surprised by many questions and comments... but none were more amazing to me than when I had what I thought was a well informed citizen tell me that "he had nothing to recycle at all." At that moment all I could mutter was "Don`t you read the paper?" to which he responded "I read it on line," but since that time I`ve wondered....

Don`t you get any mail? Or, don`t you know that all junk mail, scrap paper, and just about everything else that you get in the mail can be recycled?

Don`t you read magazines or get catalogs or use the phone book? All these paper products are recyclable too.

Don`t you buy groceries? There is not a kitchen in America without plastic containers, aluminum & tin cans, and a few boxes of cereal, all of which can be recycled.

Dont you do use some sort of cleaners to do your laundry, wash your dishes, clean your house? Most all of these products come in plastic containers that can be recycled too.

Don`t you, at least on occasion buy something in a cardboard box or receive a package in the mail made with corrugated cardboard? Cardboard is recyclable too.

You get the point, it just seems impossible that a well informed person could say "I don`t have anything to recycle." Sure hope our City Commissioners are better informed than this.

Sincerely,

Beverly Ringenberg
Cedar Key Resident