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CURBSIDE RECYCLING CAN BE A WIN-WIN-WIN When the Village of Crete negotiated our recent new contract for municipal household waste (MHW or garbage as we tend to call it) removal, we wanted to explore offering curbside recycling to our residents. The primary driver for this is to reduce the cost of landfilling MHW by reducing the overall volume that was being sent to the dump. Remember, it costs money to take our garbage to the landfill and dump it, and that cost is included in the bill you pay. Driving our streets on garbage day, it was easy to see that the vast majority of residents were not recycling anything and those that did were taking it to the Lions Recycle Center next to the Public Works Building on Douglas Lane. Taking it to the Lions facility takes time and effort and a conscious effort by the resident to reduce their waste stream and at the same time help a very worthy local organization that puts most of their efforts into helping our community in a variety of ways. Those of you that are currently taking recycled material to the Lions, we encourage you to continue to do that and sincerely thank you for your continuing efforts. The Village’s efforts were really to concentrate on those residents that currently do no recycling whatsoever, and provide an easy and understandable way to reduce their waste stream going to the landfill. At the same time, the Village was lucky to be able to negotiate a lower monthly charge for all of our garbage services, including recycled products. In addition, we made provisions in the contract to have the waste hauler, Allied/Republic Services, return some of the money they receive by selling the recycled material back to the community. So at the end of the day, if we all get behind this agenda we can accomplish much more. Reduce our overall cost of garbage disposal by reducing the amount of MHW we take to the landfill which will convert to a lower monthly cost for everyone. Continue to support our local recycle efforts by taking your recycled material to the Lions Recycle Center. Remember, they have been providing this service to the community and we have supported them for 75 years. And, for those who have yet to recycle, get into the mindset of using the new free recycle container and help the environment, the community and your pocketbook by recycling as much as possible. It is designed to be quick and easy since all qualified recycled material can all be placed into one container. There is no need to separate anything. Just fill it up and every other week it will be picked up separately from your garbage on your normal collection day. Crete has a long history of pitching in and by working together we can make this a WIN-WINWIN for everyone and our environment.