Greenville Recyclers: Big Brother Is Watching You!

Greenville's recycling containers are lousy at best, with no room to shove any of the material in (and signs saying anything left outside the bins will be "landfilled".) We get a letter in the Greenville Advocate saying that those of us who recycle are apparently having our mailing labels checked by Big Brother Greenville Recycling Committee to see who is able to stuff their mail into the bins the best, and who just didn't want to be crushed by falling newspapers and gave up and left it outside and/or in another section of the bin.

Personally, I find the bins to be not labeled well at all and not conducive to recycling at all. Why is the recycling committee recommending that $5,000 be spent for a recycling carport in Sorento when that's what we need in Greenville? We need another bin, and a carport so that everything doesn't get wet if it's left outside when the bins and sections are overstuffed.

Oh, and please, whoever's reading the mail to see if the Joneses are recycling properly, please don't bother. Some of us let our friends read our magazines, so whoever's name is on the mag may not be the culprit.

Don't shun the non-recycling sorters until another bin is given to those of us who care enough to recycle! Instead, get on everyone who is NOT recycling. Do you really think it increased recycling in Greenville to publicly write a letter to the editor of the newspaper saying "We're watching you when you recycle"? I've never had Doty Sanitation say such a thing.