The Editor,
Re. “In PoCo, recycling ambassadors patrol & educate” (The Tri-City News, Sept. 5).
Here we go again.
The city of Port Coquitlam’s recycling snoops have been out and around checking taxpayers recycling bins. Seems to me they would be better off spending their time convincing council that the recycling program is broken.
Why is it that plastic bags are not accepted? Why food foil wrap is and a red foil gift bag is not? Why is a plastic toy not accepted but a plastic cookie cutter is?
The PoCo program is flawed. People want to recycle but when they get to their recycling bin, they stand there making decisions about which recyclable will be accepted and which one goes in the garbage (and by the way, throwing something completely recyclable in the garbage seems wrong to most people!).
Because an item has less value to a recycler doesn’t mean it should be allowed to refuse it. Plastic bags are a good example of selective recycling by recyclers.
Again, the PoCo system is flawed but the city levies fines on those who are trying but make mistakes. Change it.
A. Williams, Port Coquitlam
