My town had been tight-lipped about their “mandatory” recycling program, so it wasn’t until recently that we found out how the system works and how to get recycling bins. We learned that the bins are free to new residents. That meant they ought to be free to me, since I’m new and didn’t inherit any bins from the previous resident, right? Not according to the rulemongers at town hall. They wanted me to cough up $10.00. Hah! It seems that they only care about you if you have town trash pickup. If your landlord is forced by the town to pay for his own trash service, then they couldn’t care less whether you recycle or not.
Hey, it all goes to the same landfill, so just give me the bins, you stingy b@$#@%&$!
And so they did, and that’s one nice thing about my world this week.