POLL: Should Residents Who Don't Recycle Be Fined?
One councilman thinks so, do you agree?
Last week, during a council meeting discussing the future of recycling in Mahwah, one councilman expressed his opinion that those that don’t comply with mandatory recycling in the township should face a fine. “People in town must recycle,” Councilman Sam Alderisio said. “And there should be a penalty for people who don’t.” The comment got a mixed reaction from the crowd of over 100 residents who attended the meeting to hear the discussion and voice their opinions on recycling in the Mahwah. Some in the crowd booed, while one resident made a public comment in support of the idea. Other residents talked of concerns about the idea, saying that it would be logistically impossible, or too expensive, to enforce. According to the township’s …
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2:53 pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
In my opinion, people shouldn't have the right to send recyclables to a landfill. This carelessness is wasting a precious resource plus polluting the land for future generations. If you want to "store" your recyclables for millenium in the ground even though it is "illegal" than you should pay a fine. Everytime you recycle, you support the economy with an imput of raw material that we would … more ›