What do you think? Do women run the world?
I was driving north on I-55 towards Chicago last Sunday when a van overtook me. It must have been going at 80 miles per hour, as I am a safe and slow driver. The back of the van is shown in the picture below. The writing said, "Women Run The World." By the time I realized the interesting title, the van was way ahead of me. I accelerated from 70 miles per hour, and it took me quite a while to catch up with up. My wife took several snapshots of the speeding van. Some came out blurry.
What do you think? Do women run the world? No Waste Reduction IncentiveOn March 3, the Bloomington Public Works in Bloomington, Illinois deployed a new cart system for garbage pick-up. It is new because new trucks have been designed to pick up the carts when these are placed at the edge of a resident's drive way. The residents are given three choices for wheeled cart sizes: 35, 60, and 95 gallons. Their respective monthly garbage fee, which is charged through the monthly city utility bill, are: $16, $18, and $20. In its garbage collection flyer the city claims to charge the price based on use. However, if we assume an equal density across residential garbage, the above rates per gallon is $0.46, $0.28, and $0.21, clearly indicating that the resident who creates the least amount of garbage pays more than twice the rate of the resident who creates the highest amount of garbage. Given that the city has studies the city's solid waste services and that the city pays by the ton t dispose of the garbage, the fee system should also have been replaced by one that is weight-based or volume-based and that will not penalize the residents who have reduced their garbage output.
Pay-As-You-Throw SystemI am not sure why the city has not chosen the pay-as-you-go and volume- and weight-based programs. These systems have been well-understood by residents of many communities and they are perceived them as fair. A snapshot of communities who has adopted these systems can be found at PAYT programs The Bloomington, IL implementation of the new garbage system definitely does not meet the needs of its residents. It falls short of the requirements of a good green city.
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