Recycling?
Since voters said "no" to hosting a landfill, the burden of providing much needed revenue is evident. Perhaps one of the answers to reduce part of the shortfall would be to eliminate recycling. Marion pays extra to have recycling. Taxpayers pay. Yet there is serious doubt that anything other than aluminum cans is recycled. With no market for paper and plastic, they are hauled to a landfill. Since the Marion Girl Scout Troop provides a handy collection facility for cans, take your cans to them. The girls would make a profit, taxpayers would not be burdened by paying for recycling, and it would be a small step toward providing much needed funding. New York mayor Bloomberg has proposed eliminating all metal, glass, and plastic recycling there, which would save the city $57 million a year. The proposal saves dollars and makes sense.
— BILL MEYER
