Why did the city of Charlotte drop off a 96-gallon green rollout bin for me to baby-sit for two and a half months before I can use it? To whom should I direct my storage fee invoice?
And from the looks of it, plopping the bins at the ends of driveways caught quite a few people out of town. Charlotte’s ever-watchful burglar community sends its thanks for IDing those vulnerable homes with giant 96-gallon green rollout bins.
Also, this little notice was dropped off regarding the “improved” recycling program. “Beginning in July, recycling crews will only collect up to two red bins or one 96-gallon recycling cart per household every-other-week,” the city advises. In other words, if you have been doing three 17-gallon red bins each week as good number of folks in South Charlotte seem to do, this is not a recycling improvement program — it is a recycling reduction program. Those of us who are recycling 100 or more gallons of material every two weeks now face a hard 96-gallon cap.
As ever with the city of Charlotte, the spin comes first and the facts trail along behind.
