St. John gauging recycling interest


Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 1:46 PM CST


ST. JOHN “ Recycling in St. John begins today at 6 new recycling drop-off locations parish wide. 

The Recycling bins will accept paper, plastic, and aluminum. Glass will not be taken at these locations.

The parish has contracted with SWDI, a local garbage collector, to provide the recycling bins at the locations and will be responsible for picking up the bins on an as needed basis.

 The program will be in place for a test period of six months to assess the community’s desire to recycle. In May, the parish conducted a phone poll to determine if the community wanted a curbside service that would cost each household $2.50 per month, the free drop-off locations service, or no recycling service at all.

The free drop-off locations won the poll by 56 percent. The bins at the following locations will be picked-up monthly until the need increases for additional pick-ups per month.  The funding for the program is being taken from the parish’s Solid Waste Account.

The locations are:           

Westside Fire Station “                                

3347 Hwy. 18                                     

Edgard

                                               

Edgard Courthouse -                                     

2393 Hwy 18                                      

Edgard

                                                 

Service Center                                

492 Historic Main St.                      

Garyville

                                               

Community Action Center                          

128 Central Ave                               

Reserve

                                               

Percy Hebert Building                                   

1801 W. Airline Hwy.                      

LaPlace

                                               

Service Center                                                 

102 E. Airline Hwy.                          

LaPlace

                                               

St. Andrews Fire Station                              

1703 St. Andrews Blvd. 

LaPlace

 

The Recycling program is a part of the ‘Keep St. John Beautiful’ program kicked off by Parish President Bill Hubbard in April 2008. 

“I hope the residents of St. John will use this program, it is one more way we can get St. John cleaner and keep it beautiful,” said Parish President Bill Hubbard.

The parish will be going to the local schools to educate the children of the parish on recycling and the need for picking up our trash.  Information, including a map of the locations, can be found at the parish website, www.sjbparish.com

 

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firstin wrote on Nov 19, 2008 9:23 PM:

" I would like to now whose crazy idea was to put these things behind fire stations where people sleep at night. You know you are going to have idiots coming dump at all hours of the night. "

Bill had a brainf__t wrote on Nov 22, 2008 4:40 AM:

" Your st john officials show their reverence for trash. What is this;
a fetish? Trash is to be disposed of;
not collected.
That sounds like a good motto for the voters of st john. "

W T F wrote on Nov 22, 2008 10:51 AM:

" West bank citizens, beware; the east bank officials will sell your collected recyclables and keep the money on the east bank. Sort of reverse robin hood,
take from the poor and give to the rich. "

UPDATE wrote on Dec 2, 2008 11:57 AM:

" Some of our citizens are helping themselves to the contents of the collection bins. I've seen them hauling away aluminum cans and such.
Shouldn't the police be protecting public property? "

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