We are fortunate in that our apartment complex offers recycling services (cans, plastic and paper products) on site. We just have to bring our stuff to the maintenance room each week. No bins. No driving to a drop-off center. The system has been in place for years and it works. Therefore it was an eye-opener to read that roughly 3-million apartment-dwelling Californians only recently got the "right" to recycle when Gov. Jerry Brown signed the "Renters' Right to Recycle Act" in July. Previously, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had vetoed a similar bill. Why didn't he like the bill?
Next week is America Recycles Day. This is a good day to renew our commitment to recycle each day. The sponsoring organization has a pledge to sign as a means to remind us to keep going.
