- Curbside recycling is not currently available in Utah except in a recently implemented program in Woods Cross. For the rest of us there are several private companies that do offer this service for a larger fee. If this program was brought to Utah it would cost each house hold approxiametly $5. People have been complaining that they are already paying too much to the government, so these programs have not been implemented.
- It is estimated that loggers in America cut down 2 million trees everyday, but we're throwing out about 42 million newspapers a day! This doesn't make sense. Why not re-use what we already have?
- Most of the laws and regulations that Utah has concerning the environment deal with clean air acts and regulation of waste plants, which are all good things. But, we need to now start expanding our focus on preserving the resources that we have here.
Look at that soda can you're drinking from. Does it say "5C refund OR ME CT" and many other states? Several states have implemented this state wide recycling program that that rewards consumers for recycling water, soda, or beer cans that are returned to a vendor. The consumer recieves 5 to 10 cents for every can that they turn in. This has been shown to be an effective method of recycling promotion in several states. Would it be beneficial to implement a similar program in Utah?
Recycling is part of the "going green" movement right now, but Utah is ranked in the bottom 10 states according to how much we recycle per year. We are behind the times. The purpose of this project is to understand why people do not recycle in Utah and then start removing the obstacles that are found. Please share your opinion throughout this blog. What do you think of current recycling conditions in Utah?
Very cool! It looks and sounds so professional!
ReplyDeleteI agree that more people need to recycle, but it can be really hard. Speaking simply as a BYU student, I know there are some places on campus, but when I am ready to throw away my soda container, they aren't readily available. Sometimes I'll carry around the thing until I find a reciprocal, but not usually. One thing I do think BYU does well though is paper, there are all sorts of places to recycle paper. I spoke with my landlady about recycling, since Provo City offers the curbside service for pretty cheap, but since she owns the property she would have to be the one to subscribe for the service and she wouldn't do it for some reason. It was kind of frustrating. I think if BYU put it in its contract with BYU off-campus housing regulations that it was required to have a recycling option, then more students would do it, because it would be available.
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely something that I feel strongly about and not much seems to get done about it here. I know that at my house here I think that you have to pay for a recycling truck to come by, whereas in AZ where I am from they give you a green garbage can for recycling and the city comes a couple times a week. It is SO easy to do. I have the hardest time throwing everything into the same trash can now... Utah needs help with this!!
ReplyDeleteI think that recycling is something very important.I'm glad BYU makes such a push for it. I'm surprised that the Provo area doesn't do more though.
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