New Recycling Guidelines

As you may know Karen spends a fortune on garbage removal

for Sandpipers...hundreds every week.

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As a cost cutting move and to help GREEN Sandpipers

she is implementing new measures to reduce household waste,

and eliminate the need for dumpsters.

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All households, mobiles and RV's, will in

future burn their refuse in portable home incinerators.

In the beginning we will have to share the incinerators (they'll be on wheels)

but hopefully, in the near future, each two or three homes

will have an incinerator positioned close by.

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For a short while all residents will burn their trash on the day of the week

that corresponds to the first letter of their last name.

For example, Zabritski starts with a Z and as there are no days that start

with the letter Z the Zabritski's may use any day for burning that is convenient.

Now the Morris's on the other hand may only burn on Mondays.

Pretty innovative and clear.

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The costs for these new incinerators will initially be born by management,

until the next contract time rolls around.

At that time the cost will be rolled over into the next price increase.

You'll hardly notice it.

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Now you won't have to burn everything.

For one thing, right now we have a burn ban in effect,

so extra measures should be taken to reduce your burnable trash.

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There are alternatives to burning household and yard wastes:

Below is a list of what you can do to limit the amount of burning.

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Reduce usage--buy in bulk or larger quantities and

demand less packaging on the products you buy.
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Reuse items--find someone else who can use it, have a yard sale,

or donate it to a resale organization.
Recycle newspaper, office paper, cardboard, corrugated cardboard,

magazines, aluminum, metal and acceptable plastics.
Compost leaves and plant clippings.

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Consult your local government to find out whether local ordinances

allow you to compost raw vegetables, bread, egg shells and coffee grounds.

Or really, I think we can chuck it all over the fence.

There are goats there, you know.

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Chip brush and clean wood to make mulch or decorative chips,

or use it as heating fuel in wood stoves or boilers.

Karen is investigating a wood chip burning air conditioning system.

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Dispose of allowable waste materials at a licensed landfill.

We'll caravan over to the landfill on Calling All Gals Luncheon Days so we won't waste trips.

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For more information about what items may be disposed

of at licensed landfills, contact the Edinburg Recycling Program.

If we all work together it will be a smooth transition.

It should work just fine, and we can roast marshmallows any time.