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Old 12-21-2009, 05:09 PM   #71
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Originally Posted by RI Swamp Yankee View Post
Yup, works in my town. We pay $1.50 per bag we take to the transfer station. The town gave us blue and green buckets for recycle and picks up the recycle each week for free, just put it at the curb. The only thing they check at the transfer station is if each bag has the prepaid sticker of the proper color for the year. $1.50 per bag is the incentive to recycle.
So, they're getting you twice.

If that's what the good folks of the Ocean State like, fine. Not here, please. Making the top 10 isn't a goal of many of us. #46 is just fine for me.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/10/pf/t...ates/index.htm


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Not a good idea, IMO. Milton makes you buy see-thru bags from the town. They're like a buck a piece. So if you use an average of 4 bags a year, that's an additional annual expense of $200.

Nifty way to heap on a new tax, I suppose.
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