Townhall Meeting on Recycling - Mon. Oct. 30th

For those of you who are avid recyclers, (Like me!) the city is holding a Town Hall Meeting on recycling this coming Monday evening, downtown. They plan to revamp the recycling program and want input from Indy residents on what will work for them. I'm going to go, and I'd strongly urge you to attend, too -- the city was on the verge of scrapping the curbside recycling program earlier this year due to low enrollment in the program, so the city possibly thinks residents don't care about recycling. Here are the details:

INDIANAPOLIS - The city of Indianapolis is hosting a series of Recycle Indianapolis Town Hall Meetings to promote a discussion on the current and future state of recycling in Indianapolis. Citizen input will assist the city in designing a viable program that will be utilized by all Indianapolis/Marion County residents as well as help position Indianapolis as an environmentally healthy community.

The Town Hall Meetings are open to the public, free of charge and will be held in each township over the next year. Panelists include representatives from the city of Indianapolis, Department of Public Works, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and the Indiana Recycling Coalition.

Monday, October 30, 2006
Robert's Park Methodist Church
401 N. Delaware
7-8pm

The August 2006 launch of Recycle Indianapolis began a dialogue with the community to determine the perceptions, benefits and barriers to recycling. Recycle Indianapolis includes, but is not limited to curbside and drop-off recycling, ToxDrops (household hazardous waste disposal), eCycles (electronics recycling), leaf collection and white goods (appliances).

Currently, approximately 12% of the 254,579 homes in Marion County eligible for curbside recycling subscribe to the service. To preclude the city from subsidizing curbside recycling, participation must increase. Curbside service is available for approximately $5 per month but costs the city $8.57 per week for collection and processing of the recyclable materials.

Recycle Indianapolis is a new, comprehensive program designed to broaden recycling participation in Indianapolis through increased awareness and education by promoting ease of use, waste reduction and environmental responsibility through personal, neighborhood and citywide opportunities.

For more information please visit RecycleIndianapolis.org.