Holmdel Turns To 'Single-Stream Recycling' Starting Jan. 1
No more sorting. Now, residents will place all recyclables in one container.
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Beginning January 1, Holmdel Township households can put out all the recycling to the curb, in the same container.
That means all the metal cans, plastic containers, bottles, jars, cardboard, newspapers, office paper and mixed papers can be combined in the container, as long as it does not exceed more than 50 lbs.
The Township Committee voted to make the switch to single-stream at their last meeting after learning they could save $39,001 in 2013.
Switching to single stream recycling in 2013 is also contributing to an annual decrease of the Township’s recycling contract by approximately 30%, said Recycling Coordinator Barbara Kovelesky, who is also now serving as Interim Township Clerk.
There will be no change in the collection schedule. Future Sanitation of Farmingdale will continue to do the pick-ups. The recyclables are sorted by machines and sent to landfills in different parts of the country.
"Its a convenience, more than anything," said Future Sanitation salesman Bernie Neuhaus. "It's a greener way of doing things. The easier we can make it for the public, the more receptive they are going to be to recycle."
Realist
6:55 am on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
What's the point of recycling if its all being sent to landfills as stated in the article? That can't be correct.
Rhea Kaston
7:59 am on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Will plastic recycling expand beyond those marked 1 & 2. What about all the other kinds of plastic?
Sede Spang
8:07 am on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Hope that was a misprint and they are being sent to recycling centers not landfills!!
Christina Johnson
8:08 am on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Future Recycling's webpage details the kinds of items it handles. http://www.futuresanitation.com/recycling.html ....Plastics, such as the kind used in kids' playsets, is not recyclable and the company will not take it. The company rep said, "If it has a cap on it, it's usually recyclable."
Landfills can serve different purposes. According to Wikipedia, some are for burying garbage but others are used for temporary storage, consolidation and transfer, or processing of waste material (sorting, treatment, or recycling).
Nick J.
12:47 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Seems like an easy way for the Town to save some money, while making recycling easier for the homeowner. Nice job!
Gooch1001
1:48 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
I have been putting all of my recyclables (except for newspapers) for at least 20 years. I don't get what is new about this
Gooch1001
1:55 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
putting them in one container
L
7:10 am on Sunday, December 30, 2012
And while we we've been going through the trouble of sorting, the guys from the recycling company have been dumping the paper, plastic and metal together in the truck all along. I too don't understand why this is news now. Something is weird about this.
Christine
7:20 am on Sunday, December 30, 2012
Yes something is so weird about this. All along I've imagined that while some residents do their part and 'recycle', the collection / garbage companies just dump it with garbage into landfills. We go through the motions and town officials must know it.
Although seeing it here in print - "sent to landfills" - is really disheartening.
Michael Nikolis
10:12 am on Sunday, December 30, 2012
There is a wide misconception that when your put out your 'recyclables' for recycling that those items get recycled...
Not always true.
Our recycled metals gets sold to China..
Glossy and colored paper can't be recycled..
A lot of what gets placed in recycling is actually garbage and it takes more energy to incenerate those items..
Recycling costs more money, time and energy than what it is worth.. according to a NY Times article...
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/30/magazine/063096-tierney-magazine.html?pagewanted=1
Mike Simpson
12:01 pm on Monday, December 31, 2012
Mike....that NY Times article appears to be have been published 16 years ago!! :-)
Michael Nikolis
2:49 pm on Monday, December 31, 2012
True.. But it makes the point that recycling, by itself, is wasteful..
The message of the article is we buy too much crap that we don't need or use..
Which is still true to this day.. If not more so...
L
7:39 am on Monday, December 31, 2012
Very interesting comment from Michael. So why is the town giving a contract to a separate company to collect the so-called " recyclables"? Wonder how this shows up on the town's line item budget for 2013.
Jim
9:43 am on Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Aluminum is very valuable as a recyclable. Glass, metal, newspaper and even mixed paper has value. The cost of recycling is less than the cost of just dumping.
The recycling of plastic is still iffy but it does save a bit compared to just dumping it into landfills. Plastic of course does not break down during a lifetime so getting them separated for eventual recycling is still a net positive.
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