Molly Peterson

Recycle, New Orleans!

When I lived in New Orleans I paid $14 bucks a month for recycling. (Phoenix Recycling gives a discount if you belong to a neighborhood association, and they picked up plenty.) I love Phoenix Recycling. But the City of New Orleans used to recycle, and could again.

Now I live in Los Angeles, where the city lets you recycle every darn thing under the sun. It is almost possible if you think hard about it to skip the black bin entirely. You can recycle styrofoam here.

Anyway, New Orleans is doing a survey. Except apparently it’s a guerrilla survey; nobody seems to know about it. So, you know, I thought I’d mention it where I could.

You can do it in a bunch of ways. The easiest is to call the 311 number to do the survey over the phone. Also that is the fastest. And you can print it from the city’s site

It was in the T-P, last Sunday, page A26 too. Dig through the pile and find it in there.

In a civilized world, in a city New Orleans can be again, recycling can and should be an option.