Jul 10 2009
Iowa County Bans Businesses from Trashing Paper
Sometimes, in order to get real change to happen, one has to force the issue. That’s what the Solid Waste Commission for one Iowa county is doing.
According to this article, businesses will no longer be allowed to throw out office paper. Instead, businesses using the Ottumwa/Wapello County Landfill will be recycling their paper along with their cardboard. Cardboard was also banned from the landfill about 18 months ago.
I think this is a smart move and wish more municipalities would institute such bans. Unfortunately, we still live in a society that, for the most part, won’t take recycling seriously if it isn’t convenient. For some people/companies, the greatest way to motivate change to environmentally friendly practices is to enforce penalties for not doing so. Not the ideal situation, but a great start anyway!
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