recycling made easy

I don't think they will let me run for Skeeter Commissioner and County Commissioner for the same term. I read that the Skeeter Commissioner in WalCo is paid a salary of $120,000 annually. Does anyone know how much a County Commissioner's salary is in WalCo?

Holy crap, that's more than the Sheriff makes!!!

Holy crap, that's more than the Sheriff makes!!!

Kind of makes you wonder how he pulled off a 100% salary increase in so few years. I guess that like other elected officials, he gets to increase his own salary.

I am going to be in Blue Mountain for a week in September. Where is the closest recycling dumpster?

Kind of makes you wonder how he pulled off a 100% salary increase in so few years. I guess that like other elected officials, he gets to increase his own salary.

Unlike elected constitutional officials, his salary must not be dictated by state law and based on county population.

Oh, and for poodleone, the nearest recycling dumpster for you would probably be either at the South Walton Courthouse Annex on 331, or at Butler Elementary School on West 30-A.

I'm not sure about the closest, but I know for certain that there is one behind the SoWal Courthouse Annex, on the south side.

Thanks to both replies. I will try to recycle during our vacation week. Now to find a "beach chair dude" who removes the chairs each night!

If the issue is contamination, how would that be solved by changing to bins? If people can't figure out what goes in a bag, they won't magically be able to figure it out when they're putting it in a bin!

IMO more info on what should & should not go in there would be much more effective.

I'm probably part of the problem because if I'm unsure if it's a recyclable I put in there and figure the prisoners going through the trash can put it in the appropriate location.

From the SUN:
County to revaluate recycling program

November 01, 2007 Sean Boone

Walton County will soon be reevaluating its current recycling program to see if changes should be made to incorporate home recycle pickups.

Currently there are recycle bins for drop offs around the county and a blue bag program that allows recyclables to be placed in blue bags that can be disposed in the same bin as normal trash.

?Right now the recycle bins are the best way to go,? said District 5 Commissioner Cindy Meadows. ?We?re going to evaluate the way things are going in the middle of the month and go from there.?

Meadows said the problem with having a curbside recycle program is that the county would have to renegotiate its contract with Waste Management, which would cost more money for taxpayers.

?We?re just not sure yet if the public would support the extra tax that would ensue,? said Meadows.

The six month old blue bag program was created to see if recycling could gain support and save the county money.

?The problem we?ve been having with the blue bags is contamination,? said Meadows. ?People are putting a lot of normal trash in the recyclable bags.?

According to the National Recycling Coalition, the U.S. currently recycles 33 percent of its waste, up from just 8 percent in 1990.

We have gone back to taking the recycling to the bins. Maybe the stuff in the blue bags has a better chance of getting recycled this way.

I dunno, I'm probably just cynical. But I have had my doubts about the whole recycling program for a long time. I've been to the landfill numerous times in the last few years, and I have yet to see any actual prisoners sorting stuff. The last time I was there I did see a few blue bags in among the big pile of trash in the sorting area, but nobody there that time either. It all looks pretty sketchy and inefficient to me.

Meadows said the problem with having a curbside recycle program is that the county would have to renegotiate its contract with Waste Management, which would cost more money for taxpayers.

I'd like to see the numbers. Why is it a given that it will cost more?

I will be INCREDIBLY pissed if I am going to all the trouble to sort my trash and put it in a separate bag and they aren't even recycling it!!! :angry:

i never embraced the blue bag program, they are still sitting under my sink. i have bins that i use instead.

who wants my bags?

Here are my thoughts about the blue bags...

1-I don't trust a convict to be conscientious about recycling.
2-I don't trust the blue bags not to split open and disgorge the recycled stuff when they compress the trash in the garbage truck.


If you're going to go the effort to recycle, you should at least have some reason to believe your effort was not wasted.


It's easy to drop it off in the trailer behind Publix on 395. I'm there 2 or 3 times a week anyway. It only takes an extra 5 minutes. And you get some hope that it doesn't just wind up in the dump.

I don't trust the blue bags not to split open and disgorge the recycled stuff when they compress the trash in the garbage truck.

QFT

I'm using the blue bags for my recyclables, and I've always questioned prisoners going through any garbage -- not so much for the recycling thing, but more so for their ability and time to go through people's bills and credit card application, etc, with the high potential for them to commit, or be an accomplice to, identity theft.

I'm using the blue bags for my recyclables, and I've always questioned prisoners going through any garbage -- not so much for the recycling thing, but more so for their ability and time to go through people's bills and credit card application, etc, with the high potential for them to commit, or be an accomplice to, identity theft.

Agreed. Love that shredder!

Prisoners do actually sort the stuff. Some have even been caught retrieving credit card offers and other things to take back to their cells to be used for nefarious activities.

Cindy Meadows indicated in the Walton Sun that to continue the recycling program would require a tax increase. Wonder why? Right now the 1% local option sales tax that was passed for the sole purpose of landfill operations shows a massive surplus every year. The BCC and particiapting cities use this windfall for unbudgeted items. So why not quit buying votes with this money and use it to fund the recycling program?

Is it going to be a requirement that the recycling program become self sufficient? Or is it enough just to know that we are doing the right thing and to put forth some of our tax dollars to keep this world a bit healthier a bit longer?

Prisoners do actually sort the stuff. Some have even been caught retrieving credit card offers and other things to take back to their cells to be used for nefarious activities.

So you have actual knowledge of this? It's good to hear (well, not the part about the credit card offers )

Right now the 1% local option sales tax that was passed for the sole purpose of landfill operations shows a massive surplus every year. The BCC and particiapting cities use this windfall for unbudgeted items.

I wondered if there was a surplus. But I gave up trying to deconstruct the county's budget long ago.
Thanks for posting this. I would be in favor of using that surplus for recycling and for a SoWal transfer station for stuff Waste Management won't pick up. Is it even legal to divert it elsewhere when that one percent is earmarked for trash disposal?

Has anyone heard anything? Some say that the blue bag system is still in use and others are saying that it is no longer.

Did someone say there is a recycle trailer behind the Watercolor Publix? Can't say I've ever looked back there.

Did someone say there is a recycle trailer behind the Watercolor Publix? Can't say I've ever looked back there.

and across the street for bay elementary, and on 393 south of 98. not sure of the other locations.

and across the street for bay elementary, and on 393 south of 98. not sure of the other locations.

behind SoWal Courthouse Annex

and across the street for bay elementary, and on 393 south of 98. not sure of the other locations.

I've seen that one on my treks to Eden (I love it there).

I was hoping that there was one behind Publix since I am already there weekly.

Publix now has reusable grocery bags! They are made of some funky material and are just like little tote bags. I think they are $.99 each.

I love the wine bags - they hold 4 bottles easily!

Publix now has reusable grocery bags! They are made of some funky material and are just like little tote bags. I think they are $.99 each.

I love the wine bags - they hold 4 bottles easily!

Would that be 4 of the whimp size or 4 of the big dog size?:funn:

Standard wine bottle size (750ml?) - not the airport miniature size!

750 is the whimp size. The big dog stuff is 1.5 or 1.75 L.