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St. Pete’s Historic Old Northeast Assn. provides visual proof curbside recycling won’t work

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The Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood Association is distributing a photo showcasing its concerns over curbside recycling. The photo shows an overflowing blue bin parked in front of an otherwise well-manicured home. Trash – not recycling – is spilling from the bin. There’s a greasy pizza box – one of several items listed on the City of St. Pete’s website and in instructional materials distributed along with the bins as a recycling no-no. There also seems to be plastic bags, another…

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Washington Post blames big blue bins for rise in recycling costs

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Next week trucks deployed by the City of St. Pete for the sole purpose of collecting curbside recycling will hit the streets in some areas officially marking the start of a universal recycling program long-anticipated. But its being ushered in with a host of criticisms ranging from how and when the recycling will be picked up to whether or not ratepayers should be forced to pay for the program even if they choose not to use it. One of the…

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Historic Old Northeast to St. Pete: Yes to recycling; no to curbside

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Leaders of the Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood Association are continuing to push back against the city over curbside recycling. In its latest plea, the organization send the message to City Hall that they are a “yes” for recycling, but a “no” for curbside pickup. As residents in some parts of the city gear up for the first round of recycling pickup next week, HONNA is still concerned for 40 percent of the city’s homes that fall within traditional neighborhoods that…

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Dan Ruth: Bad recycling planning = A one-term Kriseman

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Rick Kriseman can’t win. It took St. Pete years to hop on the universal curbside bandwagon. The slow progress led the city to be the last remaining major Florida city not to have universal recycling. Environmentalist do-gooders reamed Kriseman’s predecessor, Bill Foster, for not pushing recycling. Kriseman, on the other hand, touted it during campaigning and capitalized on the recycling vote. He ushered it in, along with a willing City Council and now it’s just days away from becoming a…

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Creative Loafing draws correlation to Pier petition and blue recycling bins

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SaintPetersblog has provided tireless coverage of St. Pete’s impending apocalyptic curbside recycling rollout. I say apocalyptic because you’d think the city was delivering nuclear waste to residents’ driveways and front yards. Emails collected showed numerous complaints to city officials regarding the recycling bins’ size, color, location, weight, roll-ability, cost and overall forceful nature from which they magically appeared. We’ve reported on the details – where do you put them? When do they get picked up? Why can’t they go in…

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Old Northeast HOA supports recycling, but not as-is

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The Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood Association has officially come forward with complaints about St. Pete’s new curbside recycling program. It’s the curbside part they have a problem with. While several residents in the neighborhood have sent emails to city staff, the Mayor’s office and City Council, the association has now put it’s group into the mix. In a letter sent to Mayor Rick Kriseman and City Council, HONNA president Peter Motzenbecker said the association supports recycling, but not curbside pickup.…

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If your neighbor got a blue recycling bin and you didn’t, don’t worry, it’ll get there

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The City of St. Petersburg is in the process of delivering 90-gallon blue bins for curbside recycling. About half of St. Pete residents have already received the bins. The city established eight separate zones to determine both when bins would be delivered and when, once recycling actually begins, pickups will occur. Odd-numbered zones have already received them, while those in even-numbered zones have not. Areas already boasting visible signs of the long-awaited program include South St. Pete, downtown, Coquina Key, Old…

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