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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC should cut out vanity programs like curbside recycling and food composting.  Both programs are better handled by the private sector.  Most household recycling ends up in landfills anyway.  And the food composting program is a net negative environmental program that requires a fleet of pickup trucks to implement. The compost program is also a weekly rat buffet courtesy of my lazy neighbors who do not recover their buckets soon after pickup. [/quote]

I'd prefer to see the programs implemented well (if they can be). Or if not, then let's pay per bag of trash like some places do. We need something to keep back pressure on the amount of waste we generate.[/quote]

Municipal recycling programs can no longer be implemented well.  When China stopped allowing trash imports in 2018 the economics of recycling was flipped on its head.  These programs are incredibly expensive with limited to no environmental ROI.  If DC suspended its program until the economics improve it would save over $75 million per year.   But of course our Council would rather increase taxes to maintain another failing program.  [/quote]

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