I have two neighbors who don't recycle. One simply can't be bothered with it and the other seems suspicious of it. They both have the orange cans but they just sit. One of them has home delivery of a newspaper but he won't recycle them. I have two thoughts about how you fix this. First is that if people are supposed to recycle, they need to know there's a ramification if they don't. If recycling is a rule or law, people who break it need to suffer. That said, MUCH more information needs to be put out there about how you recycle. How about some pamphlets? (Sad that that would add to the refuse but not everyone has internet access or knows where to call.)

Let them sort the garbage out. if they want to charge an additonal 30 dollars every quarter for a customer service fee, they can sort the recycleable material out of my garbage.

I recycle everything I can, however there have been weeks that the trash pick-up will not take all of it. I bundle the cardboard and do everything I am supposed to. I am under the impression that there are limits to how much you can recycle - WHICH IS RIDICULOUS. For those of us that want to recycle, we should be able to. If we don't recycle every week, the junk mail and cans and such really add up. Much more than 2 orange barrels worth! You complain about people not recycling, but don't let those of us who do recycle to participate fully. I have seen the regular trash collection take our bundles of cardboard. Terrible. I blame our waste management agency.

Keep in mind there are more opportunities locally to recycle. Most of the schools have the green dumpster bins for paper products, and it helps raise funds for them. In my neighborhood, Forbes Elem, Wm Penn Elem and the Rosedale Firehall all have the green bins. Rosedale has has the trailer for aluminum for years, and I continue to save cans to drop off there. I figure if I can support someone right up the road, I like to see that.

Don't drag the $30 sewage fee into this, they're 2 complete different things. If you're that hard up that you can't have a separate bin (one that PENN HILLS provided for you), you're lazy.

tobor...

If you're recycling, why do you care what your neighbor is doing? How can you assume your neighbor is not recycling in a different manner, or quite possibly does not use as many items that can be recycled?

I receive the paper too, but I don't recycle it through the Penn Hills program. I use most of it for other things, and recycle the rest through other organizations.

Maybe I read your initial post wrong, but I find it odd that anybody would document their neighbor's recycling habits. My neighbors probably don't think I recycle either.