Watch out fellow New Yorkers, the Sanitation Department is out on the prowl and they are looking for people that are still not into this recycling thing. Apparently it is high-tech mumbo jumbo to separate plastics and newspapers in order to help save the environment. You know, the whole "act locally, think globally thing?" Well if you for some reason have trouble doing this, the Sanitation Department is coming for you in a not-so-pleasant way.
From The Gothamist:
Yesterday the NY Post warned non-recyclers that they'd have to don a "scarlet litter" if they didn't clean up their acts. We hoped this "scarlet litter" would be a hat hand-crafted by a Freegan and worn atop the heads of the environmentally-challenged, but instead it's something much more sensible: a clear bag for all of your garbage that leaves little to the imagination. New York, we don't really want to see your trash, so please try to figure out this whole recycling thing, m'kay?[...]
Last night the sanitation police surprised two Brooklyn buildings they had their eyes on. 2330 Ocean Avenue and 2540 Ocean Avenue were both previously ordered to use the clear bags because of past violations. How did they fare? Not so well. The first stop failed to use the clear bags, and while the second did, they still failed to understand the separation process. One resident at another targeted building, 2626 Kings Highway, explains, "We never tried it here - it is very complicated." How do these people do laundry?For those who need a quick refresher course, NYCWasteLe$$ has a helpful guide, and the Commissioner of Sanitation has a list of ten ways to "give more and waste less this holiday season". With New Yorkers only separating out 17% of their trash for recycling, this new plan may help us get closer to our goal, which we are currently falling short of by 25%.
So if you don't want you creepy neighbor Tony to see what you had for dinner...and dessert the night before, take two minutes (or less) out of your day and separate what can be recycled, this isn't rocket science people.
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