so, it seems like, instead of hiring more sorters, the windsor recycling plant has halted pickup to this block altogether. it's the streets on both sides of the building, between the two cross streets....

i took a walk up the street, and they have a point. people seem to think that putting clothing in their recycle box is donating it to goodwill - it's a thought that should be nurtured and corrected, rather than stamped down. people have items in the wrong bins. it's a legit catastrophe.

but, the people on the block don't understand what they're doing wrong - and they're just going to let it sit on the curb, perhaps until the garbage trucks pick it up.

it's not an answer. it's just idiocy.

it's just laziness.

yes - i understand that the people that live in this neighbourhood are frustrating. very, very well, actually. they're almost universally drunks & potheads. they smoke in church, if they go - and, i suspect that most of them actually do. and, yes - there's a few crackheads, too. if somebody were to survey the average education level, the results would be disturbing - it may honestly be grade school.

these are people that are stupid and uneducated and poor - but they are recycling. at least. they're trying, dammit. you have to be patient. it's hard, but you have to. don't stamp out the effort...

frankly, i think the plant should hire more sorters. you're never going to fix this problem at the source. you can pamphlet. you can put ads on the radio, or on tv. maybe in the tv guide? like, you have to understand what you're dealing with before you launch an ad campaign...

....but, it's just a reminder that recycling is a business, and not a communal act of social conscience.

that's fine.

i'll take my business elsewhere.