In the classes that I teach on recycling, I hear the same complaint every single year. The local politicians won’t let me enforce the recycling laws in my town. When I do, I get a call telling me to back off because it is a friend of some person in a higher position.

Every year, I tell the class that enforcing recycling laws works. It is not always necessary to write a ticket, but there are some people who simply won’t do as they should unless there is a penalty attached to the inappropriate behavior.

Waste 360’s short piece on enforcement, reinforces the fact that enforcement works…..

To our local officials…get out of the way…

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Enforcing Recycling: Does it Work?