| Calgary recently became the last major city in | | | | Unfortunately, glass collected by the program so |
| Canada to begin offering a curbside recycling | | | | far is settling in the city landfill due to lack of a |
| program. Residents used to have to deliver | | | | buyer. The cost of glass is just so cheap that it |
| recyclables to huge green bins that were placed | | | | just isn't economical to recycle it. The process is |
| every few blocks and overflowed often, or they | | | | energy intensive, so it does not make a lot of |
| were forced to pay $10 a month for curbside | | | | sense at the moment. |
| pickup. | | | | Considering if recycling certain products is worth |
| The city recently passed a $50 million plan, which | | | | the cost recycle is a major struggle many cities |
| also includes another $50 million in taxes on the | | | | face at the present moment. The problem is that |
| homeowners. The blue box recycling program is | | | | most cities simply want to turn a profit instead of |
| part of the city's plan to divert more than 80% | | | | actually help the environment. Some say that if |
| of its waste from landfills by 2020. Even before | | | | the product is worth much less after it is recycled |
| the program began, Calgary was diverting about | | | | that the process is not worth the cost, but they |
| 20% of its trash away from landfills through | | | | seem to forget that the point of recycling is to |
| private organizations. The program will make | | | | cut down on the waste the earth was deal with. |
| citizens of Calgary feel like they are helping the | | | | That is the cost, the price to keep the planet |
| planet by conveniently recycling most household | | | | clean. |
| materials. | | | | |