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Could Mayor Harris' Recycling idea stave off Garbage Rate Hike? A Garbage Rate increase is being talked in the background. But is it necessary? Maybe it's the quickest fix. But could Mayor Mark D. Harris' Recycling initiative, put into overdrive and expanded, be the answer? Kenneth Dulin thinks it could be. He's in charge of the recycling, which now, thanks to cooperation with the A.L. Sinclair's county program, and with help from Lindsey Wilson College's Energy Technology Career Academy and its director, Heather Spoon, has never been simpler for Columbians, who can call Dulin at 270-250-1431 to help them get started Click on headline for complete story By Ed Waggener Right now, it's only being talked in the background, but it is being considered: A rate increase for the Columbia Sanitation Department's garbage service. But does it have to be? Would it be possible for another initiative of Mayor Mark D. Harris to do what might be a turn-around of hundreds of thousands of dollars in the City budget, particularly the Sanitation Department, by expanding an already successful recycling program? The City of Columbia's Recycling Chief, Kenneth Dulin, thinks so. And he's ready for more business. It started as a quiet, almost hidden program. But it's working, and everytime a truck load of recyclables goes to the Adair County Recycling Center instead of to the Adair Transfer Station, the City's huge landfill fees are reduced and the county gets income on the sale of the recyclables. The City is making is easy to recycle It's never been rocket science to recycle. Plastics, Paper, Cardboard, Aluminum Cans can go. In the past, there was a request that the items be separated. But Dulin said that isn't necessary anymore. "Heather Spoon from the college has given us plastic totes which we give out to homes wanting to recycle," Dulin said. "Any of the dry materials can be put into the totes, all together, and we'll separate them for the recycling center. All we ask is that no food wastes or any garbage not recyclable be put in the totes." To get started, call 270-250-2730 Then, when the totes are full, homeowners simply call Dulin at 270-250-1431, and he and his crew will be by to pick it up and leave another tote. It's that simple. He hopes the City will share in the Recycling revenue as the program picks up. But that's not an obstacle to the program, he says. "Pewee (A.L. Sinclair the Adair County Recycling Coordinator) is great to work with. He often lets us know where new sources of cardboard and other things are located," he said. He said it really doesn't matter at this point on the revenue. "Everytime we save enough by delivering to the county's recycling center," he said, "we're lowering the City's landfill bill - maybe the public will get on board and we won't have to have a Garbage Bill increase," he said. "Maybe we'll be able to recycle everything and even make a profit on garbage. Wouldn't that be great"? This story was posted on 2013-04-07 09:12:39
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