The State strikes again!

The State budget crisis may impact the City’s recycling education program. We have historically received approximately $17,000 for the CRV value of the bottles and cans that are recycled through our curbside recycling program. The State has taken most of the funds allocated for this program to use for other purposes, and the City has been informed that we will only receive approximately $850 this year. The City historically used these funds to purchase bottle/can recycling containers for schools, classrooms, cafeterias and apartment complexes, printing recycling brochures, and to purchase give-away items made from recycled materials to hand out at the Pumpkin Fair, Street Fair and various other community events.

This is an example of the many areas where the state is continuing to skim more away from our local resources and keeping it for their bloated bureacracy. As long as the state continues these sorts of stunts, they will delay reducing their own operating costs.