  Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 7135 Registered: 10-2003 |
DETROIT — Efforts to establish a city recycling program in Detroit are underway. Currently, the city doesn’t have municipal recycling, said Margaret Weber, program coordinator for Rosedale Recycling, a non-profit volunteer organization that collects recyclable materials at several neighborhood drop-off sites. The organization was established in 1990 in response to the lack of city recycling and collects seven to eight tons of material a month, Weber said. http://tinyurl.com/yk2bx6 | ||
Bob Member Username: Bob Post Number: 1224 Registered: 11-2003 |
This is wonderful. It is so nice to see so many grassroots organizations making Detroit better. This is key to Detroit's comeback. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 50 Registered: 10-2006 |
You would like to think that something such as recycling would not take a 'grass roots effort' as Detroit is one of only a few (maybe the only) major cities that don't have a regular recycling program. A program such as this would just be expected in the city as much as any other major city, would it not? | ||
Wilus1mj Member Username: Wilus1mj Post Number: 150 Registered: 05-2005 |
I agree...with the size of Detroit you would think they would have enough volume to make recycling a viable solution to incinerators. | ||
Docmo Member Username: Docmo Post Number: 159 Registered: 10-2005 |
What are my options in the CBD to recycle on my own? Any recycling station nearby? | ||
321brian Member Username: 321brian Post Number: 206 Registered: 02-2006 |
Come on. You are all a bunch of myopians. Especially you Bob. Detroit can't manage to pick up trash if you just set it on the curb. They can't manage the cost of bulk pick up. I think one of the keys to Detroits comeback would would be simply picking up the trash laying in the streets and vacant lots first then worrying about complex tasks such as recycling. How will they be able to pull of recycling? | ||
Valkyrias Member Username: Valkyrias Post Number: 372 Registered: 02-2005 |
there is a group called recycle Detroit, which used to be recycle Midtown...actually, from their website, it looks as though it's still operating as recycle Midtown...but i do know that they are trying to branch out into more areas of the city. http://www.midtowndowntown.com / | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 7136 Registered: 10-2003 |
In a few years the incinerator will be shut down and Detroit will have to find a new way to dispose of trash. THAT's when you'll see a push for recycling. | ||
Eastsidedog Member Username: Eastsidedog Post Number: 828 Registered: 03-2006 |
Itsjeff, You know for a fact that it will be shut down? | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3113 Registered: 08-2004 |
I live in St. Clair Shores, and we do have recycling. But it's hard to think about recycling when you have 100 plus trucks of Toronto waste barreling thru town down I-94 everyday heading for the landfill. It certainly doesn't put one in the mood to recycle. I don't think that recycling will put a dent into Detroit's comeback though... unless someone can figure out a way to recycle old mattresses. Unfortunately some Detroiters are light years ahead of the game when it comes to recycling... they recycle stuff that hasn't been trashed yet, such as copper wiring... (Message edited by Gistok on November 20, 2006) | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 4241 Registered: 10-2003 |
Yep (in lieu of Itsjeff). | ||
Eastsidedog Member Username: Eastsidedog Post Number: 830 Registered: 03-2006 |
really? I'll believe it when I see it. | ||
Eastsidedog Member Username: Eastsidedog Post Number: 831 Registered: 03-2006 |
Actually, recycling by neighborhood organizations seems to make more sense. It seems a lot of neighborhoods in the city wouldn't be so exciting about recycling. Lots of people really don't give a f*ck. You'd have to fine the hell out of them to get them to participate. | ||
Bvos Member Username: Bvos Post Number: 2078 Registered: 10-2003 |
Recycling can help alleviate some of the illegal dumping problems by reducing the amount of garbage people have to put in their courville container. I recycle with Rosedale Recycles and only throw about 2-3 bags of garbage away each week. My neighbors on the other hand usually have cans crammed full and overflowing with garbage. If that's just their regular weekly trash, how do they handle spring cleanings, projects around the house, etc.? They (or a contractor) throw it in an empty lot. One thing to note is that recycling programs rarely if ever break even, let alone make money. Rosedale Recycles hauls hundreds of tons of recyclables away each year and still needs the families who drop off stuff to contribute $25 or so on an annual basis to pay the bills. However a recycling program is still far cheaper than the cost of incinerating or putting waste into a landfill. Creating curbside pickup on a bi-weekly basis will also get a lot of families who do not recycle due to the minor inconvenience of storing and personally hauling your items to the local center. As for the incinerator, the city will most definately be shutting it down when the bonds expire. Right now the city is subsidizing that beast to the tune of several million $ a year because it costs far more to operate than any revenue they get from steam production. The mayor has already come out and publicly stated he's shutting it down in 2009. Several health organizations, hospitals and clinics have also advocated to shut it down due to the high incidents of athsma for people who live downwind from it. Canada has also asked that it be shut down since they're downwind too. As far as Canadian trash trucks going down 94 or 96, why would that deter you from recycling? What relationship does that have on your personal choices to recycle or not recycle? | ||
Herbpowell Member Username: Herbpowell Post Number: 21 Registered: 07-2004 |
Recycling is overrated, we have much bigger fish to fry. http://video.google.com/videop lay?docid=7734998370503499886& q=bullshit+recycling&hl=en | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 1405 Registered: 05-2005 |
copied from the email i received from recyclemidtown
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Magnasco Member Username: Magnasco Post Number: 208 Registered: 10-2003 |
I think that most folks want to wish the incinerator away, but I don't think there is anything else in place to replace it yet. So while there is an absolute desire for it to be gone when the bonds expire, there is no plan, other than a working group, to the contrary that I know of. | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 350 Registered: 08-2006 |
Recycling is big business, I learned that all over Europe they are using a process called Pyrolysis to extract Diesel fuel from all types of recycled plastics. The end product is called "Green Thermofuel". It is the same quality as regular diesel fuel, this means any diesel equipped vehicle can run it with out modifications. The beauty of it is this process is robust enough to handle any and all types of plastics, dirty or clean. This eliminates the need for costly sorting of plastic types at the recycling centers. I think we could do that in Detroit along with the Bio Diesel thing. Thermofuel kills two birds with one stone, the shortage of available fuel along with the need to dispose of the end of use plastic materials. | ||
Jeffrey13 Member Username: Jeffrey13 Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2006 |
http://www.cynarplc.com/ | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 352 Registered: 08-2006 |
Good website Jeffrey13! They had a video on there I downloaded for a presentation I have to do Tuesday at school. | ||
659 Member Username: 659 Post Number: 7 Registered: 08-2006 |
does anyone know if this place is still operating? is it legit? http://www.metrotimes.com/edit orial/story.asp?id=3054 | ||
The_recycling_people Member Username: The_recycling_people Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2006 |
Recyclers!! ATTENTION!!! A new city joint venture, "Recycle Here" has been awarded Detroit's recycling contract starting in January. Chene Ferry will be closing at the end of this month, and Recycle Here's service will be offered at 1331 Holden Ave (Recy-clean) starting January 6, 2007. Rest assured,there will be more information to come in the future. We are pleased and excited to be able to bring a new energy and direction to the recycling program in the city of Detroit. Thank you for all of your support, Sarah Kubik / Matthew Naimi recycleDetroit / Recy-clean Recycle Here (Message edited by the_recycling_people on December 12, 2006) | ||
Buddyinrichmond Member Username: Buddyinrichmond Post Number: 91 Registered: 02-2004 |
Is that in the Historic Woodbridge Neighborhood? | ||
The_recycling_people Member Username: The_recycling_people Post Number: 2 Registered: 11-2006 |
It is actually right on the border of Historic Woodbridge and Scenic New Center. We will be located in whatever 'neighborhood' that wants to claim us. The recycling guy | ||
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie Post Number: 803 Registered: 11-2003 |
Cambrian wrote, "process called Pyrolysis to extract Diesel fuel from all types of recycled plastics." Does the energy produced surpass the energy used in the refining process? That's also a controversial issue with ethanol production. Since plastics are oil-based, you're basically just converting one kind of oil to another, and it all still depends on getting more oil from the ground. Here's an interesting link: Incinerators in Disguise: Gasification, Pyrolysis, and Plasma in Europe, Asia, and the United States http://www.greenaction.org/inc inerators/documents/Incinerato rsInDisguiseReportJune2006.pdf. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 808 Registered: 12-2005 |
perhaps the city could start by carting away all of the dead car carcasses from vacant/abandoned lots. The automobile business has always recycled, since its inception. |
