Saint Cloud Mn. recycles!
The city of Saint Cloud Minnesota has made recycling an everyday part of our lives. Each household has a green plastic box to put their glass, plastic, papers and cardboard to be picked up to be recycled.
The system is very simple, throw your clean recyclable materials into the green box and place it on the curb on your trash pick up day. The trucks for the pick up are different than the regular trash trucks. The recyclable materials are lifted from the side by separated compartments into the back of the truck. The recyclable materials are then driven to the sorters plant and put into different groups to be melted down and turned into new items for consumers.
We are proud to say that since the city incorporated its current refuse system, in 1991, that the landfill deposits have been cut in half.
Part of their volume based system also incorporates buying a special green city of Saint Cloud trash bag. If you use 2 bags a week you pay for them. If you only use one then you only pay for that. Due to the recycling system and our composting we have gotten to the point where some weeks we hardly have need for a regular trash pickup. This is a fantastic model and one that other cities with growing landfill problems could use to help eliminate some of their difficulties. If you would like more information about the system and its set up, please contact the city of St. Cloud or check out the Saint Cloud recycling and refuse web-page.
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