Recently we visited a local collection event managed by county
officials and volunteers to see for ourselves how one community
tackles the problem of hazardous waste. Much of the success of
any community recycling program depends on communication, a
collection schedule must be established and the community
informed. Once established, a successful recycle program needs
to be able to collect the greatest amount of recyclable
materials form the largest segment of the community, at the
least cost. To do this, our community has set up multiple
channels for recycle collection: - Curb-side collection biweekly
pick up of non hazardous household and business waste. -
Recycling drop off centers which duplicate curb side collection,
extending the service to remote areas of the community. -
Rotating collection events such as the one we attended to
collect special categories of waste materials not received by
curb-side pick up or drop off centers. This list usually
includes dangerous household chemicals, electronics, pain