Fairhope, Alabama
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'RECYCLE RASCAL'
At its October meeting, Committee Chairman Nancy Anderson said she had met with other members about adopting a mascot to encourage recycling among school-age children (and hopefully their parents as well).
Something similar to the Skippy Jon Jones cartoon character or a raccoon were discussed; Anderson described Skippy as a "Siamese cat who wants to be a chihuahua."
Anderson: We would like to have our little campaign character on stickers, signage, posters ... on the trucks ... so the kids relate to it ... ."
She said she hopes to kick of the effort on the next Earth Day (April 22nd).
The week after the meeting, Anderson said she visited with Elementary School art teacher Judy Humprey about designing the Rascal; and hopes to get input from 4th or 5th graders there and at the Intermediate School.
(Anderson also said she discovered the Intermediate School already has a Green Recycle Club -- and hopes the city can coordinate efforts.)
OTHER ACTIONS
The committee also:
1. Adopted a mission statement.
2. Appointed Gary Gover as assistant Secretary.
3. Authorized Public Works Director Fidler to proceed with an audit of city buildings to "see where
we are" (how much is being recycled by the city itself).
4. Authorized Fidler to proceed with a comparison (diagram/chart) of the financial aspects of the single
stream model vs. the currently-used resident-separation at curbside -- to present to the city council at
a later date. (The city council will eventually have to decide what sort of new equipment to purchase
-- new type trucks, separating equipment, etc. -- based on the committee's recommendations.)
5. Discussed various designs for new recycling containers for city parks -- and for homes.
(The #1 complaint from recycling-truck drivers is the odd hodge-podge of containers citizens use
at curbside)
EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS SOLVED?
Sanitation Supervisor Dale Linder said he hoped to get the 3rd recycling truck painted (lime green) and then refurbished (hydraulic cylinders) by the end of the month.
Linder: "... then we'll be off and running ... be right where we're supposed to be ... start measuring the financial return for our (current) true separation model ... ."
"It's been a hard road, but we're just about there."
(Earlier this year, Mayor Kant blamed chronic "lemon" garbage truck failures for recycling's problems)
fairhopetimes@att.net
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'RECYCLE RASCAL'At its October meeting, Committee Chairman Nancy Anderson said she had met with other members about adopting a mascot to encourage recycling among school-age children (and hopefully their parents as well).
Something similar to the Skippy Jon Jones cartoon character or a raccoon were discussed; Anderson described Skippy as a "Siamese cat who wants to be a chihuahua."
Anderson: We would like to have our little campaign character on stickers, signage, posters ... on the trucks ... so the kids relate to it ... ."
She said she hopes to kick of the effort on the next Earth Day (April 22nd).
The week after the meeting, Anderson said she visited with Elementary School art teacher Judy Humprey about designing the Rascal; and hopes to get input from 4th or 5th graders there and at the Intermediate School.
(Anderson also said she discovered the Intermediate School already has a Green Recycle Club -- and hopes the city can coordinate efforts.)
OTHER ACTIONS
The committee also:
1. Adopted a mission statement.
2. Appointed Gary Gover as assistant Secretary.
3. Authorized Public Works Director Fidler to proceed with an audit of city buildings to "see where
we are" (how much is being recycled by the city itself).
4. Authorized Fidler to proceed with a comparison (diagram/chart) of the financial aspects of the single
stream model vs. the currently-used resident-separation at curbside -- to present to the city council at
a later date. (The city council will eventually have to decide what sort of new equipment to purchase
-- new type trucks, separating equipment, etc. -- based on the committee's recommendations.)
(The #1 complaint from recycling-truck drivers is the odd hodge-podge of containers citizens use
at curbside)
EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS SOLVED?
Sanitation Supervisor Dale Linder said he hoped to get the 3rd recycling truck painted (lime green) and then refurbished (hydraulic cylinders) by the end of the month.
Linder: "... then we'll be off and running ... be right where we're supposed to be ... start measuring the financial return for our (current) true separation model ... ."
"It's been a hard road, but we're just about there."
(Earlier this year, Mayor Kant blamed chronic "lemon" garbage truck failures for recycling's problems)
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