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01.05.10

One year later: Savannah’s curbside recycling program Conservation, Government, Neighborhoods, Recycling | (3)
To mark the one year anniversary of curbside recycling for residential customers in the City of Savannah, WTOC and WSAV aired approving segments on the program. It's reached 50 percent participation, a level that surpassed expectations. Early in the program there was considerable grumbling about everything from missed pick ups, to the size of the containers to the color of the container lids. While curbside recycling (and recycling in general) still has critics, plenty of Savannah residents have found that the city's system delivered on it's promise. It's made recycling easy. WTOC's story hinted that the next area of expansion would ...
09.29.09

Mr. Jalopy vs. the culture of disposability Business, Conservation, Economics, Recycling | (0)
I ride my bike past Scott TV repair just about every workday. Sometimes there are television carcasses sitting out front on the sidewalk. Sometimes I can see people moving around inside. Sometimes it's open. More often it's not. A bigger mystery than Scott TV's business hours is this: Who takes a television in for repair anymore? And perhaps an even more important question: Can a modern television set even be repaired by a local shop? When ride past Scott TV, I usually think of Mr. Jalopy, who I wrote about last year on my other blog. A leader in the "Makers Movement," ...
06.03.09

Savannah Tree Foundation to mark National Trails Day with new signage at Bacon Park Advocacy, Conservation, Energy, Land Use, Public Space, Recreation, Recycling | (1)
The Savannah Tree Foundation has been working with its partner, the City of Savannah, to help install back-country style natural walking trails in Bacon Park Forest. According to a press release: “We’ve been working with the city on developing natural walking trails at Bacon Park Forest for years,” said Diane Houston, President of the Savannah Tree Foundation. “While this day marks the beginning of the trail installation process, it’s also the culmination of a great deal of time spent by our organization and staff from the city’s Leisure Services Bureau to develop the concept and design. This is a great moment ...
04.06.09

The next step in local recycling Economics, Recycling | (0)
While the city's new curbside recycling program has made plenty of news this year, today's announcement of a new partnership between the City of Savannah and St. Joesph's/Candler represents a significant step in a new direction. In a press release, hospital President and CEO Paul P. Hinchey said, “If a system our size can do it, anyone can, I would like to officially challenge Savannah businesses and every other large commercial waste customer to join the city’s single stream recycling effort." Hospital officials credit employees with originating the idea and asking management to create a recycling program. By partnering with the city, ...
01.30.09

Great expectations for single stream recycling Government, Politics, Recycling | (0)
Even before the City of Savannah began disclosing the details of its single stream curbside recycling program late last year, the complaints started rolling in. Additional grumbling ensued after the launch of the program earlier this month. From insistence that the program should pay for itself to griping about the color and size of the carts to fretting about the environmental impact of the trucks that would collect the materials, Vox Populi callers and message board posters and letter to the editor writers took their shots. Most of these critics, it appeared to me, were subjecting the recycling program to rigorous ...

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