Chicago to trash blue bags.In comments made to the Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Daily newspaper published in Chicago. The Tribune is one of the leading U.S. newspapers and long has been the dominant voice of the Midwest. Founded in 1847, it was bought in 1855 by six partners, including Joseph Medill (1823–99), who made the paper , Chicago Mayor Richard Daley Richard Daley may refer to:
According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Tribune report, "a pilot program featuring blue [collection] carts for recyclables will eventually be expanded citywide." The city recently announced that the pilot, which began in the Beverly ward on city's south side in 2005, would be expanded to seven more wards by 2007. The Blue Bag program, which has been in place since 1995, has been criticized for yielding low participation and recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. rates. A study conducted by the city in 2003 determined a 13.3 participation rate. However, Chicago officials report an 80 percent participation rate and a 23 percent diversion A turning aside or altering of the natural course or route of a thing. The term is chiefly applied to the unauthorized change or alteration of a water course to the prejudice of a lower riparian, or to the unauthorized use of funds. rate for the pilot program. Although the Daley has long expressed confidence in the Blue Bag program, he reportedly indicated to the Tribune that the plastic collection carts will eventually be distributed to households throughout the city's 50 wards. Recyclables will be collected twice per month under the new program instead of weekly. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion